RESUMO
The purpose of this study is to describe the experience of the completion of the Tuberculosis [TB] Contact Screening Logbook [TB-CSL]. The TB-CSL was retrospectively analyzed from July 2007 until June 2012. During the study period, 122 patients were included in the TB-CSL; however, 17 [13.9%] patients with TB were written in the TB-CSL, but without registering any contacts. Of the 105 TB patients with contacts registered, the family and household contacts were finally performed in 68 index TB patients [55.7% of TB patients]. These 68 index TB cases had 299 family and household contacts; the median contact per patient was 4.4 [+/- 1.9]. Of the 299 contacts, 160 [53.5%] were screened. The median of those screened per patient was 2.3 [+/- 1.9]. Of the 160 family and household contacts screened, 34 [31.3%] of them were children