Sensitivity of Various Case Detection Algorithms for Community-based Tuberculosis Screening.

Puma, Daniela; Yuen, Courtney M; Millones, Ana K; Brooks, Meredith B; Jimenez, Judith; Calderon, Roger I; Lecca, Leonid; Becerra, Mercedes C et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2023

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Using data from 388 people diagnosed with tuberculosis through a community-based screening program in Lima, Peru, we estimated that cough screening followed by sputum smear microscopy would have detected only 23% of cases found using an algorithm of radiographic screening followed by rapid nucleic acid amplification testing and clinical evaluation.

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