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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep ; 66(12): 339-342, 2017 Mar 31.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28358797

ABSTRACT

In 2012, Uganda introduced the use of GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Cepheid, Sunnyvale CA), a sensitive, automated, real-time polymerase chain reaction-based platform for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, for programmatic use among children, adults with presumptive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated TB, and symptomatic persons at risk for rifampicin (RIF)-resistant TB. The effect of using the platform's Xpert MTB/RIF assay on TB care and control was assessed using routinely collected programmatic data; in addition, a retrospective review of district quarterly summaries using abstracted TB register data from purposively selected facilities in the capital city of Kampala was conducted. Case notification rates were calculated and nonparametric statistical methods were used for analysis. No statistically significant differences were observed in case notification rates before and after the Xpert MTB/RIF assay became available, although four of 10 districts demonstrated a statistically significant difference in bacteriologically confirmed TB. Once the GeneXpert MTB/RIF platform is established and refined, a more comprehensive evaluation should be conducted.


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Automation, Laboratory , Molecular Diagnostic Techniques/methods , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Population Surveillance/methods , Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Adult , Child , Drug Resistance, Multiple , HIV Infections/epidemiology , Humans , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/drug effects , Retrospective Studies , Tuberculosis/epidemiology , Uganda/epidemiology
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