Comparison of microscopic and xpert MTB diagnoses of presumptive mycobacteria tuberculosis infection: retrospective analysis of routine diagnosis at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.

Autor: Asare KK; Biomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. kwame.asare@ucc.edu.gh.; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. kwame.asare@ucc.edu.gh., Azumah DE; Laboratory Departments, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana., Adu-Gyamfi CO; Biomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana., Opoku YK; Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana., Adela EM; Laboratory Departments, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana., Afful P; Biomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana., Abotsi GK; Biomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana., Abban EA; Laboratory Departments, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana., Duntu PE; Biomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.; Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana., Anyamful A; Biomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.; Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana., Moses AB; Laboratory Departments, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana., Botchway E; Laboratory Departments, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana., Mwintige P; Laboratory Departments, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana., Kyei S; Biomedical and Clinical Research Centre, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.; Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana., Amoah LE; Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Ekuman EO; Laboratory Departments, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Publikováno v: BMC infectious diseases [BMC Infect Dis] 2024 Jul 02; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 660. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 02.