What is it about?
Appropriate samples for TB diagnosis remains a challenge in high HIV/AIDS setting. Use of GeneXpert is a major breakthrough for TB diagnosis, however, its clinical utility to diagnose TB using non-pulmonary samples is limited.
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Why is it important?
Stool sample is more available than sputum, and its use for TB diagnosis would improve on case detection especially in HIV settings and children unable to provide high quality specimen.
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This page is a summary of: Xpert MTB/RIF diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis from sputum and stool samples in a high TB-HIV-prevalent setting, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-018-3272-0.
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