Comparison of TB-LAMP, GeneXpert MTB/RIF and culture for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in The Gambia

Journal of Infection

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 332-337

  Bojang, Adama L ^a   Mendy, Francis S ^a   Tientcheu, Leopold D ^a   Otu, Jacob ^a   Antonio, Martin ^a   Kampmann, Beate ^a   Agbla, Schadrac ^a   Sutherland, Jayne S ^a  

^a Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gambia; GeneXpert; Sputum culture; TB LAMP; Tuberculosis; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIAL GROWTH INDICATOR TUBE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958184304     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.11.011     Document Type: Article

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