Abstract
We performed a retrospective analysis of costs and time to treatment (TT) of 150 culture-confirmed TB cases: 100 sputum smear (SS) (+) and 50 SS(−). This group underwent GeneXpert® (GX) assay. Expenditures and TT of SS(−)/GX(+) cases were inferred from the SS(+) group. GX detected 68% of SS(−) cases.
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