Impact of introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF test on tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in a city with high TB incidence in Brazil.

Giovana Rodrigues PereiraMárcia Silva BarbosaNatan José Dutra DiasCarlos Podalirio Borges de AlmeidaDenise Rossato Silva

Published in: PloS one (2018)

We found that the implementation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, under programmatic conditions, improve and facilitate TB diagnosis, especially in cases with atypical disease manifestations. These results are likely to be generalizable to settings with a similar high TB incidence.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis
risk factors
healthcare
high throughput
emergency department
quality improvement
hepatitis c virus