Increased 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

Neil Sharma1 , Manish Kumar Singhal2 , Rachna Agrawal3 , Manoj Sharma4 , Sona Goyal5
2021 Perspectives In Medical Research  
Context: Tuberculosis is a major health problem in India .Accurate and also fast diagnosis of tuberculosis has remained a challenge and we determined the impact of CBNAAT on notification of tuberculosis cases in Rajasthan. Aims: The Aim of the present Study was use of CBNAAT in tuberculosis and impact on rate of detection of TB and MDR and XDR TB in Rajasthan. Methods and Material: We did a retrospective study of notified tuberculosis cases registered in government and private hospital from
more » ... to 2018.comaprison was done for these 4 years Results: There was a total increase of 57 percent over the period of 4 years from 2015 to 2018 in no of tuberculosis notified cases and during the same time there was a 51 percent and 66 percent increase in the number of MDR and XDR tuberculosis cases respectively. Conclusion: Use of CBNAAT significantly increases the no of notified cases of tuberculosis along with MDR and XDR cases .as we recommend that it should be widely adopted and expanded
doi:10.47799/pimr.0902.09 doaj:f26a259ca3144c63a9f71fbfb7494015 fatcat:2nxrnlzzdff4xew6pg2wkm2bcm