Department of Infectious Diseases at Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Mar;75(3):325-6. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.11.011. Epub 2012 Dec 28.
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.
我们对 150 例培养确诊结核病病例的成本和治疗时间(TT)进行了回顾性分析:100 例痰涂片(SS)(+)和 50 例 SS(-)。该组接受了 GeneXpert®(GX)检测。SS(-)/GX(+)病例的支出和 TT 是从 SS(+)组推断出来的。GX 检测出 68%的 SS(-)病例。