Use of the Lung Flute ECO to assist in sputum collection for tuberculosis testing: a randomised crossover trial

Cyrille Mbuli; Comfort Vuchas; Joceline Konso; Zourriyah Adamou Mana; Yannick Russel Ngangue; Neba Esther; Norah Nyah Ndi; Irene Adeline Goupeyou Wandji; Mercy Fundoh; Maurice Ganava; Toussaint Malama; Nsame Denis; Pride Teyim; Annie Bisso; Rian Snijders; Ellen M H Mitchell; Epco Hasker; Ippei Soma; Melissa Sander; Satoshi Mitarai; Lung Flute ECO Trial Consortium

doi:10.1183/23120541.00902-2023

Use of the Lung Flute ECO to assist in sputum collection for tuberculosis testing: a randomised crossover trial

ERJ Open Res. 2024 May 27;10(3):00902-2023. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00902-2023. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Cyrille Mbuli¹, Comfort Vuchas¹, Joceline Konso¹, Zourriyah Adamou Mana¹, Yannick Russel Ngangue¹, Neba Esther², Norah Nyah Ndi³, Irene Adeline Goupeyou Wandji⁴, Mercy Fundoh⁵, Maurice Ganava⁶, Toussaint Malama⁷, Nsame Denis², Pride Teyim⁸, Annie Bisso⁹, Rian Snijders¹⁰, Ellen M H Mitchell¹⁰, Epco Hasker¹⁰, Ippei Soma¹¹, Melissa Sander¹, Satoshi Mitarai¹²; Lung Flute ECO Trial Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Center for Health Promotion and Research, Bamenda, Cameroon.
² Bamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon.
³ Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services and Baptist Institute of Health Sciences, Bamenda, Cameroon.
⁴ National TB Program - Littoral Region, Douala, Cameroon.
⁵ National TB Program - Northwest Region, Bamenda, Cameroon.
⁶ National TB Program - Far North Region, Maroua, Cameroon.
⁷ National TB Program - North Region, Garoua, Cameroon.
⁸ Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory Douala, Douala, Cameroon.
⁹ National TB Program, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
¹⁰ Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹¹ Acoustic Innovations, Tokyo, Japan.
¹² Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

The Lung Flute ECO, a self-powered, low-cost oscillatory positive expiratory pressure device, assisted people with presumptive tuberculosis to produce an adequate sputum volume for diagnostic testing and was well tolerated https://bit.ly/47sDq8W.

Associated data

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