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Table 1 Distribution of patients with complete records

From: Assessment of GeneXpert GxAlert platform for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis diagnosis and patients’ linkage to care in Tanzania

Region

Died

Not in treatment due to miscommunication

Not traceable

Placed on 1st line anti-TBs

Repeat tests rifampicin resistant not detected

Total

Tabora

0

0

0

1

0

2

Shinyanga

2

1

1

0

2

8

Simiyu

1

0

0

0

0

1

Mwanza

2

0

0

0

0

2

Geita

0

0

2

1

0

4

Kagera

1

0

0

1

0

2

Songea

0

1

1

1

1

4

Mbeya

3

0

0

0

5

8

Katavi

1

0

1

0

1

3

Kilimanjaro

0

0

0

0

0

4

Tanga

1

1

0

0

0

2

Manyara

0

0

0

2

0

2

Pwani

0

0

0

1

0

1

Lindi

0

0

1

1

0

2

Mtwara

1

1

0

1

0

3

Morogoro

3

2

0

0

0

5

Dar es Salaam

12

9

33

3

0

58

Total

27

15

39

12

9

102

  1. Medical records for 39 patients were missing and patients were not reachable through mobile phones and physical addresses. Of the 103 patients, only 11 were interviewed by the research team as a complement to factors associated with pre-treatment loss