Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults

JS Zifodya, I Schiller, N Dendukuri… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert MTB/RIF) and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra), the
newest version, are the only World Health Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid tests …

Xpert® MTB/RIF assay for extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance

M Kohli, I Schiller, N Dendukuri… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
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 …

[PDF][PDF] The use of lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LF-LAM) for the diagnosis and screening of active tuberculosis in people living with HIV: policy …

World Health Organization - 2015 - apps.who.int
END TB Page 1 The use of lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LF-LAM) for the
diagnosis and screening of active tuberculosis in people living with HIV POLICY …

Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting active tuberculosis in people living with HIV

S Bjerrum, I Schiller, N Dendukuri… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan (LF‐LAM) assay Alere Determine™
TB LAM Ag is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help detect active …

Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF assays for extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults

M Kohli, I Schiller, N Dendukuri, M Yao… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) and Xpert MTB/RIF are World Health
Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) widely …

Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting active tuberculosis in HIV‐positive adults

M Shah, C Hanrahan, ZY Wang… - Cochrane Database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Rapid detection of tuberculosis (TB) among people living with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a global health priority. HIV‐associated TB may have …

Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis

JS Zifodya, JS Kreniske, I Schiller… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) are World Health
Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid tests that simultaneously detect tuberculosis and …

Diagnostic accuracy, incremental yield and prognostic value of Determine TB-LAM for routine diagnostic testing for tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients requiring …

SD Lawn, AD Kerkhoff, R Burton, C Schutz, A Boulle… - BMC medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background We previously reported that one-third of HIV-positive adults requiring medical
admission to a South African district hospital had laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis (TB) and …

Clinical aspects of adult tuberculosis

R Loddenkemper, M Lipman… - Cold Spring …, 2016 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Tuberculosis (TB) in adults can present in a large number of ways. The lung is the
predominant site of TB. Primary pulmonary TB should be distinguished from postprimary …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis bloodstream infection prevalence, diagnosis, and mortality risk in seriously ill adults with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of …

DA Barr, JM Lewis, N Feasey, C Schutz… - The Lancet infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The clinical and epidemiological significance of HIV-associated Mycobacterium
tuberculosis bloodstream infection (BSI) is incompletely understood. We hypothesised that …