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TB Or Not TB? That is the Question (and Here's the Test That Can Answer It)

Posted on the 01 February 2014 by Soumyadeepb

TB or not TB? That is the question (and here's the test that can answer it) Reblogged from Evidently Cochrane:

Key message: Xpert® MTB/RIF is a diagnostic test which can quickly detect TB in adults with a high degree of accuracy and without the need for laboratory facilities. It can accurately detect rifampicin resistance in adults thought to have multi-drug resistant TB, allowing treatment to be started quickly. It may be useful, too, as an add-on test after smear microscopy in smear-negative patients.