Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF in the Diagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis in Rural Ethiopia.

Background: This study assesses the impact of the Xpert MTB/RIF in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis (TB) in a rural hospital in a resource-constrained setting.

Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional study in children evaluated for presumptive TB from 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2017 at the Gambo General Hospital in rural Southern Ethiopia. Children were evaluated according to a defined protocol based on national guidelines.

Sex differences and HIV status of tuberculosis in adults at a rural hospital in southern Ethiopia: an 18-year retrospective cross-sectional study.

Background: The aim of the study was to compare the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of tuberculosis (TB), including HIV status, in women and men in southern rural Ethiopia.

Methods: We conducted a register-based retrospective cohort study covering the period from September 1998 to August 2015.

Result: We included records of 2252 registered TB patients: 1080 (48%) women and 1172 (52%) men.

Molecular Survey of spp., spp., spp., spp., and spp. in Fleas and Lice in Ethiopia.

Bacterial arthropod-borne pathogens can often cause fever in Africa, but rural laboratories in these settings are usually too basic to provide a precise picture of their epidemiological impact. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of bacterial pathogens in fleas and lice in a rural area of southeast Ethiopia. Between July and November 2013, we extracted DNA from 91 fleas ( [ = 50; 54.

Comparing tuberculosis in children aged under 5 versus 5 to 14 years old in a rural hospital in southern Ethiopia: an 18-year retrospective cross-sectional study.

Background: There are few data available about childhood tuberculosis (TB) in rural hospitals in low-income countries. We assessed differences in epidemiological characteristics and treatment outcomes in children with TB aged 0-4 versus 5-14 years in rural Ethiopia.

Methods: For this retrospective cross-sectional study, we analyzed childhood TB registers from a rural Ethiopian hospital.

Arthropod-Borne Bacteria Cause Nonmalarial Fever in Rural Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study in 394 Patients.

Bacterial arthropod-borne pathogens are a common cause of fever in Africa, but their precise impact is unknown and usually underdiagnosed in the basic rural laboratories of low-resourced African countries. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of arthropod-borne bacterial diseases causing fever among malaria smear-negative patients in a rural hospital located in Ethiopia. The study population included patients aged 2 years or older; referred to Gambo Rural General Hospital (West Arsi, Ethiopia), between July and November 2013, for fever or report of fever in the previous 48 h; attending the outpatient department; and testing negative for malaria by Giemsa-stained thin blood smears.

Malaria and severe anemia over eight years at Gambo Rural Hospital, southern Ethiopia.

Evolution of incident malaria and frequency of anemia were analyzed over eight years in a rural hospital in southern Ethiopia. Capillary blood samples were tested for hemoglobin concentration, and in some instances for malaria parasites, at Gambo Rural General Hospital between January 2007 and September 2014, and the results recorded. Main demographic data were also recorded in subjects with Plasmodium sp.