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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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2015

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Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Neeraj Raizada, A. Sreenivas, Anna H. van’t Hoog, Susan van den Hof, Puneet Dewan, Rahul Thakur, Radha Gupta, Shubhangi Kulsange, Bhavin Vadera,
PLoS ONE

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.

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