Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis using the Xpert®MTB/RIF assay
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) constitutes about 20% of all cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Korea. Diagnosing EPTB remains challenging because clinical samples obtained from relatively inaccessible sites may be paucibacillary, thus decreasing the sensitivity of diagnostic tests. Whenever practical, every effort should be made to obtain appropriate specimens for both mycobacteriologic and hist...
متن کامل[Diagnosis and treatment of extrapulmonary tuberculosis].
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) constitutes about 20% of all cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Korea. Diagnosing EPTB remains challenging because clinical samples obtained from relatively inaccessible sites may be paucibacillary, thus decreasing the sensitivity of diagnostic tests. Whenever practical, every effort should be made to obtain appropriate specimens for both mycobacteriologic and hist...
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Xpert MTB/RIF (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) is endorsed for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the accuracy of Xpert for the detection of extrapulmonary TB. We searched multiple databases to October 15, 2013. We determined the accuracy of Xpert compared with culture and a composite reference standard (CRS). We grouped data ...
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BACKGROUND The increasing prevalence of extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis with the HIV scourge is a cause for concern. OBJECTIVE To determine the role of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a consecutive 9-year analysis of patients with peripheral lymphadenopathy. All the patients had fine needle asp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1478-7210,1744-8336
DOI: 10.1586/eri.12.43