Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of smear, culture, biopsy and AMTD test for diagnosing tuberculous pleurisy.

Adenosine deaminase and interferon gamma measurements for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy: A meta-analysis

Greco S.
Girardi E.
Masciangelo R.
Capoccetta G. B.
SALTINI, CESARE

January 2003

OBJECTIVE: As Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation rates in tuberculous effusions are relatively low...

Use of a T-cell interferon-c release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

February 2015

ABSTRACT: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (plTB) by the analysis of pleural effusions (PEs) wi...

Highly accurate diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis by immunological analysis of the pleural effusion.

Jayne S Sutherland
Danlani Garba
Augustin E Fombah
Awa Mendy-Gomez
Francis S Mendy
Martin Antonio
John Townend
Readon C Ideh
Tumani Corrah
Martin O C Ota

Pleural TB is notoriously difficult to diagnose due to its paucibacillary nature yet it is the most ...

Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for Diagnosing Tuberculous Pleurisy—A Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Lin Chieh-Mo
Lin Shu-Min
Chung Fu-Tsai
Lin Horng-Chyuan
Lee Kang-Yun
Huang Chien-Da
Kuo Chih-Hsi
Liu Chien-Ying
Wang Chun-Hua
Kuo Han-Pin

September 2012

The study was designed to investigate the clinical usefulness of Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosi...

Comparison between patients with positive and negative AMTD in tuberculous pleural effusion specimens.

Chieh-Mo Lin (308377)
Shu-Min Lin (130229)
Fu-Tsai Chung (176927)
Horng-Chyuan Lin (130248)
Kang-Yun Lee (176930)
Chien-Da Huang (308378)
Chih-Hsi Kuo (176923)
Chien-Ying Liu (194908)
Chun-Hua Wang (130251)
Han-Pin Kuo (130254)

February 2013

Abbreviations: AMTD, Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct; WBC, white blood cell count; LD...

Accuracy of genotype MTBDR plus line probe assay in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion: Comparison with clinical and culture based diagnosis

Irfan, Muhammad
Idress, Farah
Jabeen, Kauser
Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar
Butt, Sehrish
Hasan, Rumina

April 2020

Background: Pleural tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is challenging due to paucibacillary disease. Diagno...

Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by Gen-Probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct

Stefan Ehlers
Ralf Ignatius
Thomas Regnath
Helmut Hahn

January 1996

A total of 294 specimens collected from nonrespiratory sites of 268 patients were tested for direct ...

Accuracy of Xpert MTB/Rif test on pleural fluid in pleural TB diagnosis using pleural tissue MTB culture and/or histopathology as reference standard, stratified by HIV status.

John K. Lusiba (602520)
Lydia Nakiyingi (441873)
Bruce J. Kirenga (532467)
Agnes Kiragga (293779)
Robert Lukande (602521)
Maria Nsereko (602522)
Willy Ssengooba (322127)
Achilles Katamba (322133)
William Worodria (121839)
Moses L. Joloba (221691)
Harriet Mayanja-Kizza (78637)

July 2014

Abbreviations: PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; CI, confide...

Microbiological characteristics of the subjects (detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ).

Gaetano Caramori (338672)
Lisa Lasagna (347141)
Angelo G. Casalini (347142)
Ian M. Adcock (133335)
Paolo Casolari (347143)
Marco Contoli (347144)
Federica Tafuro (347145)
Anna Padovani (347146)
Kian Fan Chung (45606)
Peter J. Barnes (149200)
Alberto Papi (347149)
Guido Rindi (347151)
Giuseppina Bertorelli (347153)

February 2013

PLTB: pleural tuberculosis, NSP: nonspecific pleuritis, AFB: acid fast bacilli, PCR: polymerase c...

Tuberculous pleural effusions : a prospective study of rapid diagnostic tests (adenosine deaminase, antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and the polymerase chain reaction) and evaluation of a radiometric mycobacterial culture system

Maartens, Gary

March 2017

A prospective study was undertaken to assess the diagnostic value of various rapid diagnostic tests ...

The sensitivity and specificity (and 95% confidence intervals (%); top panel of table) and positive and negative predictive value (middle panel of table) of smear-microscopy alone, urine LAM alone, and a combination of urine LAM and smear-microscopy.

Keertan Dheda (65382)
Virginia Davids (366000)
Laura Lenders (311397)
Teri Roberts (366001)
Richard Meldau (322010)
Daphne Ling (313912)
Laurence Brunet (366002)
Richard van Zyl Smit (366003)
Jonathan Peter (101792)
Clare Green (31730)
Motasim Badri (60751)
Leonardo Sechi (366006)
Surendra Sharma (45214)
Michael Hoelscher (151418)
Rodney Dawson (101812)
Andrew Whitelaw (23099)
Jonathan Blackburn (366007)
Madhukar Pai (55924)
Alimuddin Zumla (65389)

February 2013

The bottom panel of the table shows the test sensitivity in smear negative culture positive TB pa...

Accuracy for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis.

Delia Goletti (78635)
Carrara Stefania (376330)
Ornella Butera (339783)
Massimo Amicosante (376331)
Martin Ernst (363256)
Ilaria Sauzullo (351330)
Vincenzo Vullo (338008)
Daniela Cirillo (376332)
Emanuele Borroni (307085)
Roumiana Markova (376333)
Roumiana Drenska (376334)
José Dominguez (5653927)
Irene Latorre (370851)
Claudio Angeletti (376337)
Assunta Navarra (376339)
Nicola Petrosillo (341073)
Francesco Nicola Lauria (339787)
Giuseppe Ippolito (7056)
Giovanni Battista Migliori (316427)
Christoph Lange (213285)
Enrico Girardi (78640)

February 2013

*evaluated on the total number of positive results over the total number of patients with active ...

TB diagnostic performance of smear microscopy, culture, HRCA, and qRT-PCR assays.

Yang Liu (4829)
Yan-Ling Guo (418035)
Guang-Lu Jiang (418036)
Shi-Jie Zhou (418037)
Qi Sun (127)
Xi Chen (35903)
Xiu-Jun Chang (418038)
Ai-Ying Xing (418039)
Feng-Jiao Du (418040)
Hong-Yan Jia (418041)
Zong-De Zhang (418042)

June 2013

SE: sensitivity, SP: specificity, PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value....

Assessment of the N-PCR assay in diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis: detection of M. tuberculosis in pleural fluid and sputum collected in tandem.

Parameet Kumar
Manas K Sen
Devendra S Chauhan
Vishwa M Katoch
Sarman Singh
Hanumanthappa K Prasad

April 2010

The nonspecific clinical presentation and paucibacillary nature of tuberculous pleuritis remains a c...

Evaluation of Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF Test on Pleural Fluid in the Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis in a High Prevalence HIV/TB Setting

Lusiba John K.
Nakiyingi Lydia
Kirenga Bruce J.
Kiragga Agnes
Lukande Robert
Nsereko Maria
Ssengooba Willy
Katamba Achilles
Worodria William
Joloba Moses L.
Mayanja-Kizza Harriet

July 2014

Diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) using routinely available diagnostic methods is challenging d...

Adenosine deaminase and interferon gamma measurements for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy: A meta-analysis

Greco S.
Girardi E.
Masciangelo R.
Capoccetta G. B.
SALTINI, CESARE

January 2003

OBJECTIVE: As Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation rates in tuberculous effusions are relatively low...

Use of a T-cell interferon-c release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

February 2015

ABSTRACT: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (plTB) by the analysis of pleural effusions (PEs) wi...

Highly accurate diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis by immunological analysis of the pleural effusion.

Jayne S Sutherland
Danlani Garba
Augustin E Fombah
Awa Mendy-Gomez
Francis S Mendy
Martin Antonio
John Townend
Readon C Ideh
Tumani Corrah
Martin O C Ota

Pleural TB is notoriously difficult to diagnose due to its paucibacillary nature yet it is the most ...

Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for Diagnosing Tuberculous Pleurisy—A Diagnostic Accuracy Study

Lin Chieh-Mo
Lin Shu-Min
Chung Fu-Tsai
Lin Horng-Chyuan
Lee Kang-Yun
Huang Chien-Da
Kuo Chih-Hsi
Liu Chien-Ying
Wang Chun-Hua
Kuo Han-Pin

September 2012

The study was designed to investigate the clinical usefulness of Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosi...

Comparison between patients with positive and negative AMTD in tuberculous pleural effusion specimens.

Chieh-Mo Lin (308377)
Shu-Min Lin (130229)
Fu-Tsai Chung (176927)
Horng-Chyuan Lin (130248)
Kang-Yun Lee (176930)
Chien-Da Huang (308378)
Chih-Hsi Kuo (176923)
Chien-Ying Liu (194908)
Chun-Hua Wang (130251)
Han-Pin Kuo (130254)

February 2013

Abbreviations: AMTD, Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct; WBC, white blood cell count; LD...

Accuracy of genotype MTBDR plus line probe assay in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion: Comparison with clinical and culture based diagnosis

Irfan, Muhammad
Idress, Farah
Jabeen, Kauser
Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar
Butt, Sehrish
Hasan, Rumina

April 2020

Background: Pleural tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is challenging due to paucibacillary disease. Diagno...

Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by Gen-Probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct

Stefan Ehlers
Ralf Ignatius
Thomas Regnath
Helmut Hahn

January 1996

A total of 294 specimens collected from nonrespiratory sites of 268 patients were tested for direct ...

Accuracy of Xpert MTB/Rif test on pleural fluid in pleural TB diagnosis using pleural tissue MTB culture and/or histopathology as reference standard, stratified by HIV status.

John K. Lusiba (602520)
Lydia Nakiyingi (441873)
Bruce J. Kirenga (532467)
Agnes Kiragga (293779)
Robert Lukande (602521)
Maria Nsereko (602522)
Willy Ssengooba (322127)
Achilles Katamba (322133)
William Worodria (121839)
Moses L. Joloba (221691)
Harriet Mayanja-Kizza (78637)

July 2014

Abbreviations: PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; CI, confide...

Microbiological characteristics of the subjects (detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ).

Gaetano Caramori (338672)
Lisa Lasagna (347141)
Angelo G. Casalini (347142)
Ian M. Adcock (133335)
Paolo Casolari (347143)
Marco Contoli (347144)
Federica Tafuro (347145)
Anna Padovani (347146)
Kian Fan Chung (45606)
Peter J. Barnes (149200)
Alberto Papi (347149)
Guido Rindi (347151)
Giuseppina Bertorelli (347153)

February 2013

PLTB: pleural tuberculosis, NSP: nonspecific pleuritis, AFB: acid fast bacilli, PCR: polymerase c...

Tuberculous pleural effusions : a prospective study of rapid diagnostic tests (adenosine deaminase, antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and the polymerase chain reaction) and evaluation of a radiometric mycobacterial culture system

Maartens, Gary

March 2017

A prospective study was undertaken to assess the diagnostic value of various rapid diagnostic tests ...

The sensitivity and specificity (and 95% confidence intervals (%); top panel of table) and positive and negative predictive value (middle panel of table) of smear-microscopy alone, urine LAM alone, and a combination of urine LAM and smear-microscopy.

Keertan Dheda (65382)
Virginia Davids (366000)
Laura Lenders (311397)
Teri Roberts (366001)
Richard Meldau (322010)
Daphne Ling (313912)
Laurence Brunet (366002)
Richard van Zyl Smit (366003)
Jonathan Peter (101792)
Clare Green (31730)
Motasim Badri (60751)
Leonardo Sechi (366006)
Surendra Sharma (45214)
Michael Hoelscher (151418)
Rodney Dawson (101812)
Andrew Whitelaw (23099)
Jonathan Blackburn (366007)
Madhukar Pai (55924)
Alimuddin Zumla (65389)

February 2013

The bottom panel of the table shows the test sensitivity in smear negative culture positive TB pa...

Accuracy for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis.

Delia Goletti (78635)
Carrara Stefania (376330)
Ornella Butera (339783)
Massimo Amicosante (376331)
Martin Ernst (363256)
Ilaria Sauzullo (351330)
Vincenzo Vullo (338008)
Daniela Cirillo (376332)
Emanuele Borroni (307085)
Roumiana Markova (376333)
Roumiana Drenska (376334)
José Dominguez (5653927)
Irene Latorre (370851)
Claudio Angeletti (376337)
Assunta Navarra (376339)
Nicola Petrosillo (341073)
Francesco Nicola Lauria (339787)
Giuseppe Ippolito (7056)
Giovanni Battista Migliori (316427)
Christoph Lange (213285)
Enrico Girardi (78640)

February 2013

*evaluated on the total number of positive results over the total number of patients with active ...

TB diagnostic performance of smear microscopy, culture, HRCA, and qRT-PCR assays.

Yang Liu (4829)
Yan-Ling Guo (418035)
Guang-Lu Jiang (418036)
Shi-Jie Zhou (418037)
Qi Sun (127)
Xi Chen (35903)
Xiu-Jun Chang (418038)
Ai-Ying Xing (418039)
Feng-Jiao Du (418040)
Hong-Yan Jia (418041)
Zong-De Zhang (418042)

June 2013

SE: sensitivity, SP: specificity, PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value....

Assessment of the N-PCR assay in diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis: detection of M. tuberculosis in pleural fluid and sputum collected in tandem.

Parameet Kumar
Manas K Sen
Devendra S Chauhan
Vishwa M Katoch
Sarman Singh
Hanumanthappa K Prasad

April 2010

The nonspecific clinical presentation and paucibacillary nature of tuberculous pleuritis remains a c...

Evaluation of Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF Test on Pleural Fluid in the Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis in a High Prevalence HIV/TB Setting

Lusiba John K.
Nakiyingi Lydia
Kirenga Bruce J.
Kiragga Agnes
Lukande Robert
Nsereko Maria
Ssengooba Willy
Katamba Achilles
Worodria William
Joloba Moses L.
Mayanja-Kizza Harriet

July 2014

Diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) using routinely available diagnostic methods is challenging d...

Adenosine deaminase and interferon gamma measurements for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy: A meta-analysis

Greco S.
Girardi E.
Masciangelo R.
Capoccetta G. B.
SALTINI, CESARE

January 2003

OBJECTIVE: As Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation rates in tuberculous effusions are relatively low...

Use of a T-cell interferon-c release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

February 2015

ABSTRACT: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (plTB) by the analysis of pleural effusions (PEs) wi...

Highly accurate diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis by immunological analysis of the pleural effusion.

Jayne S Sutherland
Danlani Garba
Augustin E Fombah
Awa Mendy-Gomez
Francis S Mendy
Martin Antonio
John Townend
Readon C Ideh
Tumani Corrah
Martin O C Ota

Pleural TB is notoriously difficult to diagnose due to its paucibacillary nature yet it is the most ...

Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of smear, culture, biopsy and AMTD test for diagnosing tuberculous pleurisy.

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Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of smear, culture, biopsy and AMTD test for diagnosing tuberculous pleurisy.

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