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Volume 22, Number 3—March 2016
Research

Decreased Time to Treatment Initiation for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients after Use of Xpert MTB/RIF Test, Latvia

Helen R. StaggComments to Author , Peter A. White, Vija Riekstiņa, Andra Cīrule, Ģirts Šķenders, Vaira Leimane1, Liga Kuksa1, Gunta Dravniece, James Brown, and Charlotte Jackson
Author affiliations: University College London, London, UK (H.R. Stagg, J. Brown, C. Jackson); Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, London (P.J. White); National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Modelling Methodology, London (P.J. White); Imperial College School of Public Health, London (P.J. White); Public Health England, London (P.J. White); University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia (V. Riekstiņa); Riga East University Hospital, Riga (V. Riekstiņa, A. Cīrule, Ģ. Šķenders, V. Leimane, L. Kuksa); KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, the Netherlands (G. Dravniece); Royal Free London National Health Service Trust, London (J. Brown)

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Figure 3

Relationship between use of Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and time to treatment initiation among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) Latvia, 2009–2012. Shown are percentages of MDR-TB patients that underwent Xpert MTB/RIF testing (bars) and median time to treatment initiation (lines) with binomial distribution–derived CIs (error bars) for A) all patients and B) patients with (light gray bars) and without (dark gray bars) testing by Xpert. MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; RIF, rifampi

Figure 3. Relationship between use of Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and time to treatment initiation among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) Latvia, 2009–2012. Shown are percentages of MDR-TB patients that underwent Xpert MTB/RIF testing (bars) and median time to treatment initiation (lines) with binomial distribution–derived CIs (error bars) for A) all patients and B) patients with and without testing by Xpert. MTB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; RIF, rifampin.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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