Table 3. Uptake and results of TB symptom screening and sputum testing during 26,279 clinic visits at a primary care facility in Johannesburg, South Africa.
All visits | Male | Female | HIV-positive | HIV-negative | HIV-unknown | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Screened for TB symptoms at visit* | ||||||||||||
No | 2745 | 10.5 | 803 | 10.3 | 1942 | 10.5 | 952 | 5.6 | 1023 | 15.7 | 770 | 29.4 |
Yes | 23534 | 89.6 | 6962 | 89.7 | 16572 | 89.5 | 16181 | 94.4 | 5502 | 84.3 | 1851 | 70.6 |
Presence of TB symptoms among those screened | ||||||||||||
No | 20250 | 86.1 | 5778 | 83.0 | 14572 | 87.3 | 14145 | 87.4 | 4690 | 85.2 | 1415 | 76.5 |
Yes | 3284 | 14.0 | 1184 | 17.0 | 2100 | 12.7 | 2036 | 12.6 | 812 | 14.8 | 436 | 23.5 |
Investigation by sputum among those with positive symptom screen | ||||||||||||
No | 2134 | 65.0 | 726 | 61.3 | 1408 | 67.0 | 1355 | 66.5 | 547 | 67.4 | 232 | 53.2 |
Yes | 1150 | 35.0 | 458 | 38.7 | 692 | 33.0 | 681 | 33.5 | 265 | 32.6 | 204 | 46.8 |
Xpert result among those investigated by sputum** | ||||||||||||
Negative | 1030 | 89.8 | 393 | 86.0 | 637 | 92.3 | 609 | 89.7 | 238 | 89.8 | 183 | 90.2 |
Positive | 90 | 7.9 | 53 | 11.6 | 37 | 5.4 | 51 | 7.5 | 23 | 8.7 | 16 | 7.9 |
Error or invalid | 27 | 2.4 | 11 | 2.4 | 16 | 2.3 | 19 | 2.8 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | 2.0 |
* Clinic file could not be located for 229 patients;
** Excludes 3 missing Xpert results.