Comparing Tuberculosis Diagnostic Yield in Smear/Culture and Xpert® MTB/RIF-Based Algorithms Using a Non-Randomised Stepped-Wedge Design.

Comparing Tuberculosis Diagnostic Yield in Smear/Culture and Xpert® MTB/RIF-Based Algorithms Using a Non-Randomised Stepped-Wedge Design.

SETTING:Primary health services in Cape Town, South Africa. STUDY AIM:To compare tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic yield in an existing smear/culture-based and a newly introduced Xpert® MTB/RIF-based algorithm. METHODS:TB diagnostic yield (the proportion of presumptive TB cases with a laboratory diagnosi...

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Main Authors: Pren Naidoo, Rory Dunbar, Carl Lombard, Elizabeth du Toit, Judy Caldwell, Anne Detjen, S Bertel Squire, Donald A Enarson, Nulda Beyers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4773132?pdf=render

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