Is there a Rapid Test for Early Detection of Tuberculosis?

Indonesia is in second position after India for the most tuberculosis cases.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Tuberculosis (TBC) is an infectious disease caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This disease has a major impact on patients and their families.

There are many challenges regarding tackling this disease. One of them is the wrong understanding in society, namely the belief that tuberculosis cannot be cured.

In addition, economic barriers can make patients choose not to seek treatment or are lazy to control. Stigma and discrimination experienced by patients are also obstacles to TB control.

Seeing the great impact of this disease, is there a way of early detection? tuberculosis as rapid test which is now applied to detect Covid-19 in the pandemic era?

“The theory can be done, but it has not been recommended by WHO because the level of accuracy is not good,” said Head of the Tuberculosis Sub-Directorate of the Ministry of Health, Imran Pambudi in a statement. webinar, Wednesday.

Indonesia is included in eight countries in the world that account for two-thirds of global tuberculosis cases. Indonesia is in second place after India with an estimated 845 thousand cases with 98,000 deaths per year.

source: Between

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