Health Condition 1: A159- Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Persistent fever without a known cause and Unremitting cough more than 2 weeks Weight loss of 5 percentage or no weight gain in the past 3 months despite adequate nutrition or failure of nutritional rehabilitation in baby with SAM With or without contact with patient with pulmonary TB in past 2 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children who received Antitubercular Therapy For more than 72 hours . Children who can expectorate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of cases who are found to be positive on Tongue swab testing using Rapid cell Lysis System True lyse tm and NAAT True NAT MTB ultima among presumptive cases of pulmonary TB.Timepoint: within 24 hours of sample processing | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sensitivity & specificity of GA CBNAAT & GA Truenat Using MGIT as gold standard . To compare sensitivity & specificity of Tonque swab NAAT against GA NAAT Timepoint: within 24 hours of sample processing | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Department of Paediatrics Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital