Diagnostic Performance of STANDARD™ M10 Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Assay for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampicin and Isoniazid Resistance in Zimbabwe.

Background: Although Zimbabwe has transitioned out of the 30 high-burden countries, it still remained in the 30 high multidrug-resistant (MDR)/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB) burden. Rapid detection of rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH) is essential for the diagnosis of MDR-TB. The World Health Organization has recommended the use of molecular WHO-recommended rapid diagnostic (mWRD) for TB and DR-TB.

Traumatic asphyxia during stadium stampede.

Objectives: To present a series of cases of survivors and non-survivors of traumatic asphyxia from a single mass casualty incident in Zimbabwe and a review of the literature.

Design: Descriptive case review.

Setting: Parirenyatwa Hospital is a tertiary referral 1 000 bed teaching hospital in Zimbabwe.