Open AccessIncreased Notification of Tuberculosis Cases and MDR and XDR Cases Post Introduction of CBNAAT in Rajasthan: A Retrospective Case Study of 4 Years from 2015-2018
Author(s) -
Neil Sharma,
Manish Singhal,
Rachana Agrawal,
Manoj Kumar Sharma,
Sona Goyal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perspectives in medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2348-229X
pISSN - 2348-1447
DOI - 10.47799/pimr.0902.09
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , context (archaeology) , retrospective cohort study , surgery , pediatrics , pathology , geography , archaeology
Context: Tuberculosis is a major health problem in India.Accurate and also fast diagnosis of tuberculosis has remaineda challenge and we determined the impact of CBNAAT onnotification of tuberculosis cases in Rajasthan.Aims: The Aim of the present Study was use of CBNAAT intuberculosis and impact on rate of detection of TB and MDRand XDR TB in Rajasthan.Methods and Material: We did a retrospective study of notifiedtuberculosis cases registered in government and privatehospital from 2015 to 2018.comaprison was done for these 4yearsResults: There was a total increase of 57 percent over theperiod of 4 years from 2015 to 2018 in no of tuberculosisnotified cases and during the same time there was a 51 percentand 66 percent increase in the number of MDR and XDRtuberculosis cases respectively.Conclusion: Use of CBNAAT significantly increases the no ofnotified cases of tuberculosis along with MDR and XDR casesas we recommend that it should be widely adopted andexpanded.