| Title |
The Impact of Expanded Testing for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Using Geontype MTBDRplus in South Africa: An Observational Cohort Study
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0049898 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Colleen F. Hanrahan, Susan E. Dorman, Linda Erasmus, Hendrik Koornhof, Gerrit Coetzee, Jonathan E. Golub |
| Abstract |
Globally, multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains underdiagnosed. The Genotype MTBDRplus®, a rapid drug susceptibility testing (DST) assay used to detect resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin in the diagnosis of MDR-TB, has good diagnostic accuracy, but its impact on patient outcomes in routine practice is unproven. We assessed the clinical impact of routine DST using MTBDRplus in a single health district in South Africa. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 95 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 21 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 16% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 19% |
| Unknown | 12 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 46% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Unknown | 21 | 21% |