<p>Data are analysed by assessment of probability of TB disease indicated by the Stegen-Toledo (ST) clinical score (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0120915#sec006" target="_blank">Methods</a>). (A) TB PCR results. (B) Microscopy and culture test results: auramine microscopy, microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility (MODS) liquid culture, and Lowenstein Jensen solid culture.</p
The review presents the special aspects of bacillary excretion in tuberculosis patients co-infected ...
Sputum culture is the gold standard for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Although mostly u...
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection and the leading cause of de...
<p>All subjects had two specimens of each type analyzed for TB by the methods shown. The graph shows...
<p>A. All cases had duplicate stool, nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) and gastric aspirate specimens te...
Diagnosing tuberculosis in children is challenging because specimens are difficult to obtain and con...
BACKGROUND: Active tuberculosis (TB) must be excluded before initiating isoniazid preventive therapy...
<p>Laboratory test results of participants diagnosed with TB, by type of test and specimen type (n =...
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) in Africa is increasing because of the human immunodeficiency virus (H...
M. tuberculosis complex detection rate and concordance using RTS and stool samples and different dia...
HIV associated TB is not easy to make diagnosis and is linked with extreme disease and death. The sp...
One obstacle to wider use of rapid liquid culture-based tuberculosis diagnostics such as the microsc...
The existing World Health Organization diagnostic algorithms for smear-negative TB perform poorly in...
<p>SE: sensitivity, SP: specificity, PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value....
Limited performance data from line probe assays (LPAs), nucleic acid tests used for the rapid diagno...
The review presents the special aspects of bacillary excretion in tuberculosis patients co-infected ...
Sputum culture is the gold standard for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Although mostly u...
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection and the leading cause of de...
<p>All subjects had two specimens of each type analyzed for TB by the methods shown. The graph shows...
<p>A. All cases had duplicate stool, nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) and gastric aspirate specimens te...
Diagnosing tuberculosis in children is challenging because specimens are difficult to obtain and con...
BACKGROUND: Active tuberculosis (TB) must be excluded before initiating isoniazid preventive therapy...
<p>Laboratory test results of participants diagnosed with TB, by type of test and specimen type (n =...
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) in Africa is increasing because of the human immunodeficiency virus (H...
M. tuberculosis complex detection rate and concordance using RTS and stool samples and different dia...
HIV associated TB is not easy to make diagnosis and is linked with extreme disease and death. The sp...
One obstacle to wider use of rapid liquid culture-based tuberculosis diagnostics such as the microsc...
The existing World Health Organization diagnostic algorithms for smear-negative TB perform poorly in...
<p>SE: sensitivity, SP: specificity, PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value....
Limited performance data from line probe assays (LPAs), nucleic acid tests used for the rapid diagno...
The review presents the special aspects of bacillary excretion in tuberculosis patients co-infected ...
Sputum culture is the gold standard for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Although mostly u...
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection and the leading cause of de...