Latent tuberculosis screening for inflammatory bowel disease in tuberculosis endemic region remains porous and suboptimal: A multicentre study
Standard screening practices for LTB, prior to starting advanced therapy, remain suboptimal (< 60%) in India despite high TB endemicity.
Authors
- Daya Krishna Jha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7415-0314)
- Aditya Vikram Pachisia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1787-6257)
- Usha Dutta
- Rinkal Kakadiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-5190)
- Siddharth Shukla
- Kiran Peddi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4524-9366)
- Arun Valsan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8410-9665)
- Kodavoor V. Padmaprakash
- Kartik Natarajan
- Philip Augustine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0787-0984)
- Shubham Jain
- Rajat VSM Shukla
- Anuraag Jena
- Vishal Sharma
- Vivek Hande
- Sandeep Thareja
- Sonal Singh
- Priya Nair
- Shilpa Prasad
- Shubhra Mishra
- Pradeep K Singh
- Swatantra Gupta
- Akshay Kulkarni
- Rizwan Ahamed
- Anoop K Koshy
- Ajay Shankar Prasad
- Sumit Bhatia
- Amit Kumar
Institutions
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (IN)
- Apollo Hospitals (IN)
- Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Indian Navy (IN)
- Military Hospital (PK)
- Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital (IN)
- Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat (IN)
- Paras Hospitals (IN)
- Rajagiri Hospital (IN)
- Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Center (IN)
- Yashoda Hospital (IN)
- Apollo Hospitals (IN)
- Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital (IN)
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (IN)
- Command Hospital Air Force (IN)
- Apollo Hospitals (IN)
- Command Hospital (IN)
- Hospital Base (CL)
- Army Hospital Research and Referral (IN)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v32.i4.114897
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00