Background Tuberculosis remains a global public health threat, and the development of
rapid and precise diagnostic tools is the key to enabling the early start of treatment …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide. In the
last years, resistant strains of the etiological agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, have …

Background Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among people living with HIV
(PLHIV) was challenging. The study aimed to develop and validated a simple, convenient …

Background Among people living with HIV (PLHIV), more flexible and sensitive tuberculosis
(TB) screening tools capable of detecting both symptomatic and subclinical active TB are …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) clinical prediction rules rely on presence of symptoms,
however many undiagnosed cases in the community are asymptomatic. This study aimed to …

Precise and timely detection of tuberculosis (TB) is crucial to reduce transmission. This study
aims to assess the accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on stool samples and systematically …

Background: Although tuberculosis is highly prevalent in low-and middle-income countries,
millions of cases remain undetected using current diagnostic methods. To address this …

Background Early diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) is one of the key strategies to
achieve the WHO End TB targets. This study aimed to develop and validate a simple …

Introduction: Non-sputum tests are needed to improve TB diagnosis and close the diagnostic
gap. The World Health Organization target product profile (TPP) for point-of-care (POC) …

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that outpatient people
living with HIV (PLHIV) undergo tuberculosis screening with the WHO four-symptom screen …