TB diagnostic process management of patients in a referral hospital in Mozambique in comparison with the 2007 WHO recommendations for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB

Abstract

The TB diagnostic process in this Mozambican hospital remained largely incomplete according to WHO recommendations and few patients with presumptive TB were identified as TB patients. Deficiencies as described should prompt reconsideration of WHO guideline content and feasibility.