Sarcoidosis is a multi-system disease of unknown etiology characterized by the formation of
granulomas in various organs. It affects people of all ethnic backgrounds and occurs at any …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's leading infectious cause of death.
Extrapulmonary TB accounts for 15% of TB cases, but the proportion is increasing, and over …

Background Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) and Xpert MTB/RIF are World Health
Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) widely …

Sarcoidosis is a multi-system disease of unknown etiology characterized by granuloma
formation in various organs (especially lung and mediastinohilar lymph nodes). In more than …

Granulomatous lung diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that have a wide
spectrum of pathologies with variable clinical manifestations and outcomes. Precise clinical …

Background The spectrum of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) have mainly been reported
from the developed countries; data from developing countries is sparse and conflicting. The …

Objectives. To evaluate the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF for lymph node tuberculosis
(LNTB). Methods. We searched databases for published reports. We reviewed the studies …

Objective The GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay (Xpert) is a diagnostic tool that has been shown to
significantly improve the accuracy of tuberculosis (TB) detection in clinical settings, with …

Endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS‐TBNA) is the
commonly used technique for pathological confirmation of clinically suspected sarcoidosis …

Background: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-
TBNA) is considered the investigation of choice for sampling mediastinal nodes. A major …