Has the utilisation of Xpert <sup>®</sup> MTB/RIF in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, improved with new guidance on whom to test?
A. JokwiroMinistry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe, Nyanga District, Nyanga, ZimbabweCollins TimireInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Harare, ZimbabweAnthony HarriesInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, FrancePhanuel Tawanda GwinjiMinistry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe, Nyanga District, Nyanga, ZimbabweAnnet A. MulemaMinistry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe, Nyanga District, Nyanga, ZimbabweK. C. TakarindaPatron Titsha MafauneManicaland Directorate, Ministry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe, Mutare, ZimbabweCharles SandyNational TB Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2018en
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Abstract
Xpert use in all presumptive TB patients led to a significant increase in assay numbers and utilisation of Xpert instruments, resulting in more bacteriological confirmation of cases.
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