Engaging Informal Private Health Care Providers for TB Case Detection: Experiences from RIPEND Project in India

Table 5

Results of different TB diagnostic tests of Presumptive TB patients enrolled under RIPENED project, Telangana State, India, during 2018-19 ().

S. no	Characteristics	Number	(%)
1	Sputum microscopy
	Not done	2793	(33)
	Done	5549	(67)
2	Microscopy results (if done)
	Negative	5186	(93)
	Positive	363	(7)
3	Chest X-ray result
	Not done	7551	(90)
	X-ray done	791	(10)
4	X-ray result (if done)
	Not suggestive of TB	537	(68)
	Suggestive of TB	254	(32)
5	CB-NAAT test
	CB-NAAT test not done	5606	(67)
	CB-NAAT test done	2736	(33)
	CB-NAAT result (if done)
	MTB not detected	2073	(76)
	CB-NAAT result not available	33	(1)
	MTB detected-RIF sensitive	512	(19)
	MTB detected-RIF resistant	115	(4)