Misdiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and associated factors in peripheral laboratories: A retrospective study, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

被引：10

作者：

Desalegn D.M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Kitila K.T. ^{[1
,2
]}

Balcha H.M. ^{[1
]}

Gebeyehu C.S. ^{[1
]}

Kidan Y.W. ^{[1
]}

Amare K. ^{[1
]}

Dejene D. ^{[1
]}

Seifu M. ^{[1
]}

Zewdie A. ^{[1
]}

Tenna A. ^{[1
]}

Hailu T.K. ^{[1
]}

Taddese B.D. ^{[1
]}

Bika A.T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Addis Ababa Public Health Research and Emergency Management Core Process, Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau, Addis Ababa

[2] Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), Addis Ababa

来源：

BMC Research Notes | / 11卷 / 1期

关键词：

Addis Ababa; External quality assessment; ZN sputum smear microscopy;

D O I：

10.1186/s13104-018-3414-6

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摘要：

Objective: Sputum smear microscopy reading errors are likely to result in failure to detect persons with infectious TB. This study was intended to review misdiagnosis of pulmonary TB and associated factors in peripheral laboratories. Results: During the study period 1033 (10.5%) sputum smear positive and 8783 (89.5%) smear negative slides were reported by peripheral laboratories. The slides were re-read by the central referral laboratories (CRLs) as the reference standard reading. Of 1033 positive slides reported by peripheral laboratories, 25 (2.4%) were false positive. Out of 8783 smear negative slides reported by peripheral laboratories, 35 (0.4%) were false negative. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of peripheral laboratories were 96.64, 99.72, 97.58, and 99.61% respectively. The peripheral laboratories and CRLs have an observed agreement (Po) of 0.9939. Of 135 peripheral laboratories, 93 (68.9%) read negative and positive slides correctly, 49 (36.3%) did not have lens cleaning tissue papers, 11 (8.1%) lacked frosted slides, and 14 (10.4%) had shortage of reagents. As conclusions, the peripheral laboratories and CRLs had high agreement for sputum smear microscopy reading. However, a few TB cases were misdiagnosed despite having the disease; these individuals might continue to spread the infection in the community. © 2018 The Author(s).

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