Table 1 Patient-level effects of new diagnostic algorithms
Diagnostic algorithms | Diagnosis and treatment initiation | Diagnosis and treatment success | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of visits to the diagnostic center | Time to start treatment (Days) | Diagnostic LTFUa rate (%) | New tuberculosis cases diagnosed without a positive sputum test (%) | Likelihood of a true tuberculosis patient completing diagnosis and treatment (%) | |
ZN-Spot-Morning-Spot | 5 | 16.8 | 13.3 | 59.8 | 76.6 |
FN-Spot-Morning-Spot | 4.9 | 15 | 12.6 | 52.9 | 78.4 |
Targeted-Xpert-ZN-Negative-Spot-Morning-Spot | 4.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 28.6 | 80.9 |
Targeted-Xpert- MDR-HIV-ZN-Spot-Morning-Spot | 4.7 | 15.2 | 12.1 | 52.5 | 79.2 |
Full-Xpert | 3.6 | 9 | 4.3 | 28.9 | 84.9 |
FN-Spot-Spot | 4.4 | 16 | 8.6 | 56.6 | 80.6 |
FN-Spot-Morning | 4.9 | 15.5 | 13.1 | 52.4 | 78.2 |
Targeted-Xpert-MDR-HIV-FN-Spot-Spot | 4.1 | 14.6 | 6.8 | 49.4 | 83.3 |