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

Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) is the second most common presentation of
extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The paucibacillary nature of the effusion poses diagnostic …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide. 1
Despite TB being both preventable and curable, an estimated 10 million people fell ill with …

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 …

Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health burden. There still remains a
large gap between the notified and estimated incident cases. Extrapulmonary (EP) TB …

Among the challenges in controlling tuberculosis, a rapid and accurate diagnostic test for the
detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB c) and its resistance to first line …

Background Real-time thoracic ultrasound-guided pleural biopsy (TUSPB) is an important
diagnostic method for pleural diseases. Traditional two-dimensional thoracic ultrasound, as …

The diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is often challenging due to
paucibacillary nature of the disease. Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) has been developed to …

Diagnosing tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) is challenging for pulmonologists and
laboratory scientists. The gold standards for TPE diagnosis are pleural fluid Ziehl–Neelsen …

Pleural tuberculosis (TB) is a common entity with similar epidemiological characteristics to
pulmonary TB. It represents a spectrum of disease that can variably self-resolve or progress …