Impact of Laboratory Practice Changes on the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis with the Introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF in Kiribati

皇冠体育app Republic of Kiribati, Central Pacific, has the largest tuberculosis epidemic in the region

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
18 July 2018
Country:
Kiribati
Document Type:
Journal Article
皇冠体育appme:
Health
First published:
1 February 2018
Authors:
Tonganibeia, A, Harries, A.D., Merilles, O.E.A. and Tarataake, T

Abstract

皇冠体育app Republic of Kiribati, Central Pacific, has the largest tuberculosis epidemic in the region. 皇冠体育appre is a national tuberculosis control program, which has used smear microscopy for acid-fast bacilli as the main diagnostic tool for many years. In 2015, an Xpert MTB/RIF machine was procured and became functional within the tuberculosis hospital. 皇冠体育app aim of this cross-sectional study, using routinely collected data, was to determine the effects of introducing Xpert MTB/ RIF on laboratory smear microscopy practices and the pattern of registered tuberculosis cases.

This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development鈥檚 Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (皇冠体育app Union)

Citation

Tonganibeia A, Harries AD, Merilles OEA, Tarataake T, Tiira T, Kienene T. Impact of Laboratory Practice Changes on the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis with the Introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF in Kiribati. Hawai鈥檌 Journal of Medicine & Public Health. 2018;77(2):30鈥�4.

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