Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Decentralized Public Health Settings and Its Effect on Pulmonary TB and DR-TB Case Finding in India

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Authors

Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva · Government of India

Neeraj Raizada · Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics

A. Sreenivas · World Health Organization - India

Anna H. van’t Hoog · Academic Medical Center

Susan van den Hof · Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development

Puneet Dewan · World Health Organization - India

Rahul Thakur

Abstract

Introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF as initial diagnostic test for TB in public health facilities significantly increased case-notification rates of all bacteriologically confirmed TB by 39% and rifampicin-resistant TB case notification by fivefold.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 10, Issue 5, pp. e0126065-e0126065

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126065

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