BACKGROUND: The Neural Clinical Score for tuberculosis (NCS-TB) is a computer system developed to improve the triage of presumed pulmonary TB (pPTB). METHODS: A study was performed with cohorts of pPTB patients cared for at a reference hospital in Northeast Brazil. RESULTS: The NCS-TB sensitivity was 76.5% for TB diagnosis, which shortened the time from triage to smear microscopy results (3.3 to 2.5 days; p<0.001) and therapy initiation (6.7 to 4.1 days; p=0.045). CONCLUSIONS: Although the NCS-TB was not suitable as a screening tool, it was able to optimize laboratory diagnosis and shorten the time to treatment initiation.
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Libório, M. P., Kritski, A., Almeida, I. N. de, Miranda, P. F. C., Mesquita, J. R. L. de, Mota, R. M. S., … Leitão, T. do M. J. S. (2022). Impact of a computer system as a triage tool in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis in a HIV reference center in Brazil. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 55. https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0451-20
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