Transcriptional Analysis for Tuberculosis in Pregnant Women From the PRegnancy Associated Changes In Tuberculosis Immunology (PRACHITi) Study
Mathad JS, Queiroz ATL, Bhosale R, Alexander M, Naik S, Kulkarni V, Andrade BB, Gupta A
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022-12
Abstract
A new tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic cartridge assay, which detects a 3-gene TB signature in whole blood, was not diagnostic in women with maternal TB disease in India (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.72). In a cohort of pregnant women, we identified a novel gene set for TB diagnosis (AUC = 0.97) and one for TB progression (AUC = 0.96).
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
- Area Under Curve
- Family
- Pregnancy
- Female
- Pregnant People