The role of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay among adolescents suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract INTRODUCTION The teste rápido molecular para tuberculose (TRM-TB) was introduced in 2014 in Brazil for tuberculosis screening. However, its role in adolescents in Brazil has not been studied. METHODS A descriptive study of adolescents with suspected tuberculosis using National Laboratory so...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f779b7b8899d4aa99b4cf05323d67d68 2023-05-15T15:01:34+02:00 The role of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay among adolescents suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Thania Luiza de Andrade Sieiro Rafaela Baroni Aurílio Elizabeth Cristina C. Soares Silvia S. Chiang Clemax Couto Sant´Anna https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0298-2017 https://doaj.org/article/f779b7b8899d4aa99b4cf05323d67d68 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000200234&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0298-2017 https://doaj.org/article/f779b7b8899d4aa99b4cf05323d67d68 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 51, Iss 2, Pp 234-236 Tuberculosis Adolescents Polymerase chain reaction Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0298-2017 2022-12-31T02:02:16Z Abstract INTRODUCTION The teste rápido molecular para tuberculose (TRM-TB) was introduced in 2014 in Brazil for tuberculosis screening. However, its role in adolescents in Brazil has not been studied. METHODS A descriptive study of adolescents with suspected tuberculosis using National Laboratory software. RESULTS Of 852 (15.4%) suspected cases, 131 were positive by TRM-TB and 2% were resistant to rifampicin. Among TRM-TB-positive cases, 105 (91.4%) were culture-positive. Sixty-four of 96 samples were sensitive to rifampicin by TRM-TB; 11 were resistant to other drugs by drug sensitivity test (DST). CONCLUSIONS Among suspected cases, 16% were diagnosed by TRM-TB, of which 17% were drug-resistant by DST. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Rif ENVELOPE(-16.172,-16.172,66.526,66.526) Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 51 2 234 236 |
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Abstract INTRODUCTION The teste rápido molecular para tuberculose (TRM-TB) was introduced in 2014 in Brazil for tuberculosis screening. However, its role in adolescents in Brazil has not been studied. METHODS A descriptive study of adolescents with suspected tuberculosis using National Laboratory software. RESULTS Of 852 (15.4%) suspected cases, 131 were positive by TRM-TB and 2% were resistant to rifampicin. Among TRM-TB-positive cases, 105 (91.4%) were culture-positive. Sixty-four of 96 samples were sensitive to rifampicin by TRM-TB; 11 were resistant to other drugs by drug sensitivity test (DST). CONCLUSIONS Among suspected cases, 16% were diagnosed by TRM-TB, of which 17% were drug-resistant by DST. |
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Thania Luiza de Andrade Sieiro Rafaela Baroni Aurílio Elizabeth Cristina C. Soares Silvia S. Chiang Clemax Couto Sant´Anna |
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Thania Luiza de Andrade Sieiro Rafaela Baroni Aurílio Elizabeth Cristina C. Soares Silvia S. Chiang Clemax Couto Sant´Anna |
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The role of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay among adolescents suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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The role of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay among adolescents suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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The role of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay among adolescents suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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The role of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay among adolescents suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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The role of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay among adolescents suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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role of the xpert mtb/rif assay among adolescents suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in rio de janeiro, brazil |
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