Implementation of a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate impact of Botswana's Xpert MTB/RIF diagnostic algorithm on TB diagnostic sensitivity and early antiretroviral therapy mortality.

Auld, Andrew F

Implementation of a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate impact of Botswana's Xpert MTB/RIF diagnostic algorithm on TB diagnostic sensitivity and early antiretroviral therapy mortality. [electronic resource] - BMC infectious diseases Oct 2016 - 606 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial

1471-2334

10.1186/s12879-016-1905-4 doi


Adult
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Anti-HIV Agents--therapeutic use
Botswana
Humans
Microscopy
Mycobacterium tuberculosis--drug effects
Prospective Studies
Radiography, Thoracic
Rifampin--therapeutic use
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sputum--microbiology
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant--diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary--diagnosis