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

Puma D.; Yuen C.M.; Millones A.K.; Brooks M.B.; Jimenez J.; Calderon R.I.; Lecca L.; Becerra M.C.; Keshavjee S. · Clinical Infectious Diseases (2023) · DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac492

Resumen

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.