… We carried out a systematic review to summarize the evidence from studies reporting time
delays in diagnosis of pulmonary TB among chest symptomatics. The aims of this review were: …

… We systematically reviewed studies reported from LMICs to summarize delays in diagnosis of
PTB … We thought such a specific study on delay in diagnosis of PTB patients would be more …

… the literature. Thirty-seven studies met our rigorous criteria for inclusion. Our analysis found
… The findings of this systematic review indicate that, overall, the value of the third specimen is …

… The results of this systematic review suggest that the commercial antibody detection tests …
This systematic review also highlights the fact that many studies evaluating commercial …

… this review is to assess critically the current methods used to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis
(PTB), which is a contagious bacterial (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) infection that initially …

… to detect TB and drug-resistant TB, as well as to improve TB control. Standard … diagnosing
pulmonary TB are summarized in this article. An early and accurate diagnosis of pulmonary TB …

… Chest radiography for the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is limited by …
for various pulmonary diseases. We conducted a systematic review to assess the diagnostic …

… This systematic review assesses the diagnostic accuracy of molecular diagnosis for pulmonary
TB in … In this systematic review, we estimated the diagnostic accuracy of six commercial …

… diagnosis of pulmonary TB; however, there is considerable evidence to support their use for
diagnosis of pleural TB and to a slightly lesser extent for TB … in diagnosing pulmonary TB as …

… , this systematic review supports use of TB-LAMP as a potential alternative test for smear
microscopy for diagnosis of pulmonary TB … where Xpert testing is not feasible. The results of this …