Tuberculosis (TB) is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). Timely diagnosis and effective treatment are essential in the …

Objective We compared diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and Xpert
MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) assays for diagnosing tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE), through …

There is no microbiological gold standard for childhood tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. The
paucibacillary nature of the disease, challenges in sample collection in young children, and …

We detected a cocktail of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan (LAM) and MPT-
64 biomarkers within urine extracellular vesicles (EVs) of genitourinary TB (GUTB) patients …

Pathogenic bacterial infections represent an ever-growing crisis, now significantly
threatening life expectancy across the worldwide population and thus novel approaches to …

Aim: Diagnosis of osteoarticular tuberculosis (OATB) is quite challenging and there is an
urgent need to design a prompt and precise diagnostic test. Methods: We developed a multi …

Introduction Female genital tuberculosis (TB) is a common form of extrapulmonary TB
(EPTB) with varied clinical presentations, ie. infertility, pelvic pain, and menstrual …

Introduction Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is an arduous task owing to
different anatomical locations, unusual clinical presentations, and sparse bacillary load in …

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the standard tool in genetic information analysis, and
the desirable detection merits of PCR have been extended to disease-related protein …

Background Diagnosis of peritoneal TB is difficult owing to unusual clinical manifestations
and low sensitivities obtained with most of the available diagnostic modalities. Hence, there …