Effective testing for pulmonary tuberculosis using Xpert MTB/RIF assay for stool specimens in immunocompetent Pakistani children | Zendy

Zahra Hasan | Zendy; Fehmina Arif | Zendy; Sadia Shakoor | Zendy; Aisha Mehnaz | Zendy; Fnu Alnoor | Zendy; Akbar Kanji | Zendy; Mussarat Ashraf | Zendy; Rumina Hasan | Zendy

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Effective testing for pulmonary tuberculosis using Xpert MTB/RIF assay for stool specimens in immunocompetent Pakistani children

Author(s) -

Zahra Hasan,

Fehmina Arif,

Sadia Shakoor,

Aisha Mehnaz,

Fnu Alnoor,

Akbar Kanji,

Mussarat Ashraf,

Rumina Hasan

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of mycobacteriology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2212-554X

pISSN - 2212-5531

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.09.068

Subject(s) - pulmonary tuberculosis , medicine , genexpert mtb/rif , tuberculosis , virology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology

Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is largely a paucibacillary disease and difficult to diagnose. It is difficult to obtain a sputum or gastric aspirate (GA) sample, and patients are often undiagnosed and treated empirically. Stool is a noninvasive specimen not usually used for TB testing in Pakistan. We investigated the value of Xpert MTB/RIF to diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in children with pulmonary TB cases, by performing comparative testing of GA and stool samples.

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