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Gao M, Wu Q, Wang X, Sun X, Li M, et al.
…73 cases of PTB and 42 cases of EPTB. Sputum smears, sputum culture, TB-RNA, GeneXpert, and urine LAM results were obtained from all patients before treatment. Using the composite reference standard as the reference, the diagnostic performance of these methods for PTB and EPTB wa…
Chen P, Sun W, He Y
…ds In this study, we collected the results of both mNGS and culture of 70 specimens from suspected TB patients at the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University. Results of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay (Xpert) were obtained from 19 patients. We also assessed the diagnostic perfo…
Xu JC, Shi X, Ma X, Gu WF, Fang ZX, et al.
… (OR 2.22, 95% CI 1.17-4.28, p = 0.014). In biopsy samples, GeneXpert (Xpert) showed higher sensitivity (96.6% [91.6-98.7], p 95%) and specificity (nearly 100%) of any methods. In non-biopsy samples, only T-SPOT. TB (T-SPOT) showed higher sensitivity than culture (90.9% [62.3-99.…
Grønningen E, Nanyaro M, Sviland L, Ngadaya E, Muller W, et al.
…istry based MPT64 antigen detection test has shown improved sensitivity compared to current laboratory tests in the resource limited diagnostic setting. The aim of this study was to validate the implementability and diagnostic performance of the test in PLWHIV and HIV negative ad…
Hoa NB, Fajans M, Nguyen Van H, Vu Ngoc B, Nguyen Viet N, et al.
…ompared to a microbiological reference standard (MRS) using GeneXpert Ultra and TB culture testing. Estimated uLAM concentrations above plate specific calculated limit of detection (LOD) were considered uLAM positive. Additional microbiological testing was conducted for possible …
Grønningen E, Nanyaro M, Sviland L, Ngadaya E, Muller W, et al.
…istry based MPT64 antigen detection test has shown improved sensitivity compared to current laboratory tests. The aim of this study was to implement and validate the test performance in a resource limited African setting. Presumptive pediatric (0-18 y) EPTB patients were prospect…