Patient Diagnostic Rate as Indicator of Tuberculosis Case Detection, South Africa.
Claassens, Mareli M;
van Schalkwyk, Cari;
Dunbar, Rory;
Ayles, Helen;
Beyers, Nulda;
(2016)
Patient Diagnostic Rate as Indicator of Tuberculosis Case Detection, South Africa.
Emerging infectious diseases, 22 (3).
pp. 535-537.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.151618
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To address the uncertainty of the indirectly measured tuberculosis case detection rate, we used survey data stratified by HIV status to calculate the patient diagnostic rate, a directly measurable indicator, in 8 communities in South Africa. Rates were lower among HIV-negative than HIV-positive persons. Tuberculosis programs should focus on HIV-negative persons.