Open AccessContribution of Real-Time Xpert MTB/RIF Testing to Establishing Early Diagnosis of Pediatric Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in a Nonendemic Setting
Author(s) -
Hana Mijović,
Yossef Alnasser,
Ghada N. AlRawahi,
Ashley Roberts
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002488
Subject(s) - extrapulmonary tuberculosis , medicine , tuberculosis , tuberculosis diagnosis , diagnostic test , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology
Microbiologic confirmation of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis remains challenging, leading to diagnostic delays. In our retrospective case series, real-time molecular testing (Xpert MTB/RIF) on respiratory and extrapulmonary specimens resulted in a more rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a nonendemic, high resource setting.