Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 435-446

  Denkinger, Claudia M ^a,b   Schumacher, Samuel G ^b   Boehme, Catharina C ^d   Dendukuri, Nandini ^b,c   Pai, Madhukar ^b,c   Steingart, Karen R ^e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; META ANALYSIS; MTB RIF ASSAY; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84905655673     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00007814     Document Type: Article

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