Quality of Sputum Specimen Samples Submitted for Culture and Drug Susceptibility Testing at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory-Uganda, July-October 2013

Autor:	Joseph F Imoko, Emily Bloss, Bruce Kirenga, Terry Lo, Lilian Bulage, Moses Joloba, Henry Byabajungu, Keneth Musisi
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis business.industry Liter Drug susceptibility Reference laboratory medicine.disease Poor quality Surgery Internal medicine Medicine Sputum Sputum specimen medicine.symptom business Tb treatment
Zdroj:	Journal of Tuberculosis Research. :97-106
ISSN:	2329-8448 2329-843X
DOI:	10.4236/jtr.2015.33015
Popis:	Setting: The Uganda National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NTRL) in Kampala. Objective: The proportion of poor quality specimens received for drug susceptibility testing (DST) at the NTRL and factors contributing to poor specimen quality were assessed. Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted of sputum samples received at the NTRL from patients at high risk for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) during July-October 2013. Demographic, clinical, and bacte-riological data were abstracted from laboratory records. A poor quality sample failed to meet any one of four criteria: ≥3 milliliter (ml) volume, delivered within 72 hours, triple packaged, and non-salivary appearance. Results: Overall, 365 (64%) of 556 samples were of poor quality; 89 (16%) were not triple packaged, 44 (8%) were
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