Biomarkers That Correlate with Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Response: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Alexandra J. Zimmer,
Federica Lainati,
Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez,
Carole Chedid,
Sean McGrath,
Andrea Benedetti,
Emily MacLean,
Morten Rühwald,
Claudia M. Denkinger,
Mikashmi Kohli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01859-21
Subject(s) - sputum , pulmonary tuberculosis , medicine , meta analysis , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , immunology , pathology
Current WHO recommendations for monitoring treatment response in adult pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are sputum smear microscopy and/or culture conversion at the end of the intensive phase of treatment. These methods either have suboptimal accuracy or a long turnaround time.
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