Yield of facility-based targeted universal testing for tuberculosis (TUTT) with Xpert and mycobacterial culture in high-risk groups attending primary care facilities in South Africa.
Rebecca H BerhanuLimakatso LebinaBareng A S NonyaneMinja MilovanovicAnthony KinghornLucy ConnellSipho NyathiKatherine YoungHarry HauslerPren NaidooZameer BreyKate ShearerLucia GenadeNeil A MartinsonPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
A high proportion of clinic attendees with specific risk factors (HIV; close TB contact; history of TB) test positive for M. tuberculosis when universal testing is implemented.
Keyphrases
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- primary care
- hiv positive
- south africa
- risk factors
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- hiv aids
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- cancer therapy
- emergency department
- long term care
- drug delivery
- tertiary care
- electronic health record
- drug induced