TÉCNICA GENEXPERT PARA LA DETECCIÓN DE Mycobacterium tuberculosis, HOSPITAL DR. VERDI CEVALLOS BALDA

Abstract

The objective of the present work was to demonstrate the effectiveness and operation of the GeneXpert technique for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Dr. Verdi Cevallos Balda Hospital, a reference center at the cantonal level that uses a real-time PCR technique that has a technology of intelligent fluids, which allowed to detect 221 positive patients for this microorganism in the period May 2017- December 2018. When comparing the results of this technique with those of more traditional techniques such as smear and culture for detection of this microorganism, it was concluded that it is much more sensitive, the technique has a greater specificity and contributes an important diagnosis for this disease delivering fast and safe results. Resistance to rifampin can be considered not a major problem according to the study population of 221 people detected only 44 patients had resistance to this medicine