Agreement between Direct Smear Microscopy and GeneXpert MTBIRIFI in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Patients Attending Consultary TB Clinic , Kirkuk

Abstract

Patients and Methods: A cross sectional study recruited 958 patients who presented to chest and respiratory diseases clinic for the period from 4th of December till 30th June 2014 for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by direct smear microscopy. Out of these 321 samples were tested by gene Xpert; they were stratified according to site of disease to 249 pulmonary and 72 extra pulmonary cases.