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Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Synopsis

Decentralized Care for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis, Western Cape, South Africa

Sarah V. LeavittComments to Author , Karen R. Jacobson, Elizabeth J. Ragan, Jacob Bor, Jennifer Hughes, Tara C. Bouton, Tania Dolby, Robin M. Warren, and Helen E. Jenkins
Author affiliations: Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (S.V. Leavitt, K.R. Jacobson, E.J. Ragan, J. Bor, T.C. Bouton, H.E. Jenkins); Boston Medical Center, Boston (K.R. Jacobson, E.J. Ragan, T.C. Bouton); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (J. Bor); Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa (J. Hughes, R.M. Warren); Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (T.C. Bouton); Green Point Tuberculosis Laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa (T. Dolby); South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Cape Town (R.M. Warren); Department of Science and Technology–National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Cape Town (R.M. Warren)

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Figure 1

Flow diagram showing identification of adult patients with RR TB, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012–2014. Patients did not have second-line drug resistance and attended >2 clinic visits. The following test results were classed as inconclusive: inconclusive, error, unsuccessful, specimen container received empty, no result, lost viability, contaminated, specimen accidentally destroyed, insufficient specimen, or leaky specimen. The total number of patients excluded does not equal the sum of the individual categories because some patients belonged to multiple groups. RR, rifampin-resistant; TB, tuberculosis.

Figure 1. Flow diagram showing identification of adult patients with RR TB, Western Cape, South Africa, 2012–2014. Patients did not have second-line drug resistance and attended >2 clinic visits. The following test results were classed as inconclusive: inconclusive, error, unsuccessful, specimen container received empty, no result, lost viability, contaminated, specimen accidentally destroyed, insufficient specimen, or leaky specimen. The total number of patients excluded does not equal the sum of the individual categories because some patients belonged to multiple groups. RR, rifampin-resistant; TB, tuberculosis.

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