Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis, an infectious
disease with one of the highest morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Leveraging its …

Cases of canine tuberculosis, a zoonotic infection of significant public health significance,
are typically only sporadically reported in the literature. For this observational study, case …

Importance Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) can progress to active tuberculosis disease,
causing morbidity and mortality. Objective To review the evidence on benefits and harms of …

Purpose The diagnostic accuracy of the interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) in
immunosuppressed patients remains unclear. Methods A systematic review and meta …

Objective Serum proteomic analysis of tuberculosis (TB) antigens to identify biomarkers
enabling discrimination of active TB (ATB) from latent TB infection (LTBI). Methods Serum …

Background Diagnostic testing for respiratory tract infections is a tool to manage the current
COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the rising incidence of antimicrobial resistance. At the same …

Background The number of TB subtypes with irregular masses are increasing year by year,
which can easily be confused with lung cancer. This study aimed to explore the value of CT …

Introduction: There is an unmet clinical need for improved diagnostic tests for active
tuberculosis (TB) to provide high sensitivity for all cases, accelerate time to diagnosis and …

Purpose: to summarize the origin and very recent history of the use of metagenomic
sequencing for the diagnosis of infectious uveitis, convey the technique as described by one …

Objective This study aimed to compare the accuracy of QuantiFERON‐TB Gold Plus (QFT‐
Plus) and T‐SPOT. TB for diagnosing active tuberculosis (ATB) in febrile patients, to explore …