Prospective Cohort Study on Performance of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Xpert MTB/RIF, CSF Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) Lateral Flow Assay (LFA), and Urine LAM LFA for Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis in Zambia

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a devastating infection of the central nervous system lacking an adequate point-of-care diagnostic test. We conducted a prospective cohort study of 550 Zambian adults with suspected TBM to determine the diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Xpert MTB/RIF, C...

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Published in:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: Siddiqi, Omar K., Birbeck, Gretchen L., Ghebremichael, Musie, Mubanga, Eugene, Love, Shawn, Buback, Clayton, Kosloff, Barry, Ayles, Helen, Atadzhanov, Masharip, Dheda, Keertan, Koralnik, Igor J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
Subjects:
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6663887/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31189584
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00652-19
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