SETTING: A tertiary care hospital in North India. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a commercial kit-
based loop-mediated isothermal amplification (TB-LAMP) assay for the diagnosis of …

Abstract Setting A tertiary care hospital in North India. Objective Tuberculosis (TB) remains a
major public health problem in developing countries. The diagnosis of tuberculosis is still …

Background Early detection of tuberculosis (TB) is challenging in resource-poor settings
because of limited accessibility to molecular diagnostics. The aim of this study was to …

Current methods of TB diagnosis are time consuming and less suited for developing
countries. The LAMP (loop mediated isothermal amplification) is a rapid method more …

Background: Tuberculosis is a global health problem and the situation is worsening with
newer incidences of drug resistance and HIV association. Diagnosis of tuberculosis can be …

Background: Extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB) accounts for 15-20% of total TB cases in India.
Many cases remain undiagnosed due to poor sensitivity/long turn-around-time of …

SETTING: In South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal is the epicentre of the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) epidemic, where approximately 70% of people with tuberculosis (TB) are co …

Background. The rapid and accurate diagnosis of tubercular lymphadenitis remains a
challenging task today. The World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the LoopAMP …

Background To improve the quality of diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), WHO
recommends the use of rapid molecular testing as an alternative to conventional …

Objectives Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a newly developed molecular
method that can be performed isothermally. We developed and evaluated a LAMP assay …