Rational use of Xpert testing in patients with presumptive TB: clinicians should be encouraged to use the test-treat threshold

Rational use of Xpert testing in patients with presumptive TB: clinicians should be encouraged to use the test-treat threshold

Abstract Background A recently published Ugandan study on tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in HIV-positive patients with presumptive smear-negative TB, which showed that out of 90 patients who started TB treatment, 20% (18/90) had a positive Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) test, 24% (22/90) had a negative Xpert te...

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Main Authors: Tom Decroo, Aquiles R. Henríquez-Trujillo, Anja De Weggheleire, Lutgarde Lynen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Clinical decision-making
Empirical treatment
Molecular diagnostic techniques
Treatment threshold
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2798-6

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