Results from a roving, active case finding initiative to improve tuberculosis detection among older people in rural cambodia using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and chest X-ray.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cambodia has one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) prevalence rates in the world. People aged 55 years and over account for an estimated 50% of the country's TB burden, yet this group has a low notification rate owing to specific barriers in accessing health services. One-off active case finding (ACF) days with mobile GeneXpert and X-ray systems were organized at 75 government health facilities in four operational districts. Symptomatic community members with an abnormal chest X-ray were tested using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. People with TB were then treated at health facilities after screening services moved onto the next site.

Methods

De-identified project data were analysed to produce descriptive statistics about the people tested on Xpert and those diagnosed wit

SUBMITTER: Codlin AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830163 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature