Diagnostic accuracy of chest radiography for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and its role in the detection of latent TB infection: a systematic review

R Piccazzo, F Paparo, G Garlaschi - The Journal of Rheumatology …, 2014 - jrheum.org
… In this systematic review we evaluate the role of chest radiography (CXR) in the diagnostic
flow chart for tuberculosis (… This systematic review focuses on the role and value of CXR in TB …

QuantiFERON TB Gold Plus for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Sotgiu, L Saderi, E Petruccioli, S Aliberti, A Piana… - Journal of Infection, 2019 - Elsevier
diagnostic accuracy of QFT-Plus in TB and LTBI in comparison with QFT-GIT, carrying out a
systematic review … To the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic review and meta-…

[HTML][HTML] Impact of social protection programs on adults diagnosed with tuberculosis: systematic review

FBA Aragão, RA Arcêncio… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
… This systematic review aimed to analyze the impact of social protection programs on adults
diagnosed with TB. The results demonstrated that there is a positive relationship between the …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic test accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

K Nagai, N Horita, M Yamamoto, T Tsukahara… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
… The aim of the current systematic review and meta-analysis is to reveal the diagnostic
test accuracy of the LAMP assay for tuberculosis using the data from previous studies. …

Mortality in children diagnosed with tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

HE Jenkins, CM Yuen, CA Rodriguez… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2017 - thelancet.com
… receiving tuberculosis treatment. We did a systematic review of published work to identify
studies of population-representative samples of paediatric (ie, <15 years) tuberculosis cases. …

[HTML][HTML] Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of tuberculosis and tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Santin, L Munoz, D Rigau - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
… ), their role in diagnosing tuberculosis and targeting preventive therapy in HIV-infected
patients remains unclear. We conducted a comprehensive systematic review to contribute to the …

Interferon-γ assays in the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis: a systematic review

M Pai, LW Riley, JM Colford - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2004 - thelancet.com
… We did a systematic review to assess the performance of interferon-γ assays in the … (TST)
to diagnose latent tuberculosis. First introduced in 1890, it is the oldest diagnostic test in use. …

A systematic review of biomarkers to detect active tuberculosis

E MacLean, T Broger, S Yerlikaya… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
… We conducted a systematic review of non-DNA biomarkers for the diagnosis of active TB in
accordance with PRISMA standards (see the PRISMA checklist in Supplementary Methods). …

Systematic review: T-cell–based assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: an update

M Pai, A Zwerling, D Menzies - Annals of internal medicine, 2008 - acpjournals.org
… However, the diagnosis of active tuberculosis rests on microbiological detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Immune-based tests, such as IGRAs and TST, do not directly detect M. …

[HTML][HTML] Empirical evidence of delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-regression analysis

S Bello, RF Afolabi, DT Ajayi, T Sharma, DO Owoeye… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
… We however, believe that the number of studies included in this systematic review more than
triple number of studies included in any other systematic review of delays in diagnosis and …