Use of the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis comorbidity and multidrug-resistant TB in obstetrics and gynaecology inpatient wards at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1134-1140

  Bates, Matthew ^a,b   Ahmed, Yusuf ^c   Chilukutu, Lophina ^b   Tembo, John ^b   Cheelo, Busiku ^b   Sinyangwe, Sylvester ^c   Kapata, Nathan ^b,d   Maeurer, Markus ^e   O'Grady, Justin ^a,b   Mwaba, Peter ^b,d   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gynaecology; Maternal; MDR TB; Multidrug resistant TB; Obstetric; Sensitivity; Specificity; Sub Saharan Africa; Tuberculosis; Women; Xpert MTB RIF assay

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; RIFAMPICIN;

BIOASSAY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; SPUTUM SMEAR;

GYNAECOLOGY; MATERNAL; MDR-TB; MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TB; OBSTETRIC; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; WOMEN; XPERT® MTB/RIF ASSAY;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

ZAMBIA;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84881663098     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12145     Document Type: Article

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