… of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) as well as disseminated TB. EPTB cases include …
and failure to culture Mycobacterium tuberculosis do not exclude the diagnosis of EPTB. Novel …

… and extrapulmonary manifestations Citation[1]. As defined in the WHO Global TB report 2013,
extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) is a form of TB … In many cases, pulmonary and extrapulmonary …

Since the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPT) is largely depended on the
physician's suspicion in respect of the disease, we believed that it would be worthwhile to …

Definitive and rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is challenging since conventional
techniques have limitations. We have developed a universal sample processing (USP) …

… hampered by inadequate diagnostic assays Citation[1]. Diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB)
remains especially challenging since the number of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) …

… endorsed for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). We performed a systematic review
and meta-analysis to assess the accuracy of Xpert for the detection of extrapulmonary TB. …

… Five hundred forty-seven extrapulmonary specimens were split and processed … the diagnosis
of extrapulmonary TB and that its ease of use makes it applicable for countries where TB is …

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) accounts for more than 20% of tuberculosis (TB) cases…
which excellent results in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in highly endemic countries have …

… of disseminated and extrapulmonary disease now found. Extrapulmonary sites of infection
… The diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis can be elusive, necessitating a high index of …

… We included only those studies that based the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
on (1) isolation of M tuberculosis on culture or, for studies conducted without culture in …