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Commercial products to preserve specimens for tuberculosis diagnosis: a systematic review

Author(s) -

Byron Reeve,

Sally M. McFall,

Rinn Song,

Robin M. Warren,

Karen R Steingart,

Grant Theron

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103

H-Index - 110

eISSN - 1815-7920

pISSN - 1027-3719

DOI - 10.5588/ijtld.17.0816

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , nucleic acid amplification tests , sputum , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , virology , chlamydia trachomatis

Eliminating tuberculosis in high-burden settings requires improved diagnostic capacity. Important tests such as Xpert® MTB/RIF and culture are often performed at centralised laboratories that are geographically distant from the point of specimen collection. Preserving specimen integrity during transportation, which could affect test performance, is challenging.

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