Research Article

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

Table 6

The testing patterns of TB diagnostic tests performed, number of patients who underwent tests and those diagnosed with TB under RIPENED project, Telangana State, India, during 2018-19 ().

Testing patterns of TB diagnostic testsNumber of patients who underwent the test ()
(%)
Number diagnosed with TB
()
(%)

(a) Microscopy only4785 (57)201 (20)
(b) Chest X-ray only235 (3)29 (3)
(c) CB-NAAT only1984 (24)417 (42)
(d) Microscopy+chest X-ray only235 (3)44 (4)
(e) Microscopy+CB-NAAT only431 (5)150 (15)
(f) Chest X-ray+CB-NAAT only223 (3)104 (10)
(g) Microscopy+chest X-ray+CB-NAAT98 (1)58 (6)
(h) No tests done351 (4)0 (0)