Retrospective observational study of diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay on fiberoptic bronchoscopy sampling for early diagnosis of smear-negative or sputum-scarce patients with suspected tuberculosis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Le Palud, Pierre ^a   Cattoir, Vincent ^a,b   Malbruny, Brigitte ^a   Magnier, Romain ^a   Campbell, Karine ^a,b   Oulkhouir, Youssef ^a   Zalcman, Gérard ^a,b   Bergot, Emmanuel ^a,b,c  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c Groupe pour la Recherche et l'Enseignement en Pneumo Infectiologie GREPI de la Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française SPLF   (France)

Author keywords

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Smear microscopy; Tuberculosis diagnosis; Xpert MTB RIF assay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG PSEUDOTUMOR; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MTB RIF ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR MICROSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; BRONCHOSCOPY; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84908085455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-137     Document Type: Article

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