Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum and reported symptoms among clinic attendees compared to a community survey in rural South Africa.
Indira GovenderAaron S KaratStephen OlivierKathy J BaisleyPeter BeckwithNjabulo DayiJaco DreyerDickman GaretaResign GundaKarina KielmannOlivier KooleNgcebo MhlongoTshwaraganang ModiseSashen MoodleyXolile MpofanaThumbi Ndung'uDeenan PillayMark J SiednerTheresa SmitAshmika SurujdeenEmily B WongAlison D Grantnull nullnull nullPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
In both clinic and community settings, most participants with Mtb culture-positive sputum were asymptomatic. TB screening based only on symptoms will miss many people with active disease in both settings.