Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's leading infectious cause of death.
Extrapulmonary TB accounts for 15% of TB cases, but the proportion is increasing, and over …

Objective Pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) is a useful diagnostic test for
tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE), but its exact threshold and accuracy in clinical decision …

Background Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) and Xpert MTB/RIF are World Health
Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) widely …

The use of biomarkers on pleural fluid (PF) specimens may assist the decision-making
process and enhance clinical diagnostic pathways. Three paradigmatic examples are heart …

Objectives We assessed the diagnostic performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) in
comparison to Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) for the detection of paucibacillary tuberculosis (TB) …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide. 1
Despite TB being both preventable and curable, an estimated 10 million people fell ill with …

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's leading cause of death from infectious disease.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognized 6.3 million new TB cases in 2017, 16 …

Objective We compared diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and Xpert
MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) assays for diagnosing tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE), through …

Pleural tuberculosis (TB) remains difficult to diagnose. In about two-thirds of the cases the
diagnosis is reliant upon clinical suspicion along with consistent fluid biochemistries (ie …

Background This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid (PF) lactate
dehydrogenase (LDH) to adenosine deaminase (ADA)(LDH/ADA) ratio for tuberculous …