SynthesisThe European respiratory journal2017
Accuracy of line probe assays for the diagnosis of pulmonary and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Low-complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests for extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Truenat MTB assays for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Parallel use of low-complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests and lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assays to detect tuberculosis disease in adults and adolescents living with HIV.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF assays for extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions for reducing TB incidence in countries with low TB incidence: a systematic review of reviews.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2019Pooled it
- Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review of biomarkers to detect active tuberculosis.Nature microbiology · 2019Pooled it
- Accuracy of Commercial Molecular Diagnostics for the Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in China: A Systematic Review.Scientific reports · 2019Pooled it
- Spatially targeted screening to reduce tuberculosis transmission in high-incidence settings.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2019Pooled it
- XpertThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Differentiating Tuberculous and Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis: Part I-Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Laboratory Markers, and Tissue-Based Diagnosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- iFIND INH/FQ: a LC-aNAAT assay for rapid simultaneous detection of isoniazid and fluoroquinolone resistance inMicrobiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Optimizing drug-resistant tuberculosis diagnosis: cost-effectiveness of rapid molecular and phenotypic assays in South Africa.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Tuberculosis Diagnostic Methods: Clinical Applicability, Implementation Challenges, and Integrated Testing Strategies.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Diagnostic performance of the FluoroType MTBDR assay for rifampicin and isoniazid resistance in routine laboratory setting.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2026Article
- Integrative transcriptomic meta-analysis reveals conserved transcriptional signatures and predictive biomarkers for active tuberculosis: a pathway-based machine learning approach.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Rapid Identification of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Using Nanopore Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing from Sputum and Culture Isolates: Accuracy and Limitations.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- Real-world performance of iFIND-TBR for rapid detection ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Only 25% of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases are currently diagnosed. Line probe assays (LPAs) enable rapid drug-susceptibility testing for rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH) resistance and Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection. Genotype MTBDRplusV1 was WHO-endorsed in 2008 but newer LPAs have since been developed.This systematic review evaluated three LPAs: Hain Genotype MTBDRplusV1, MTBDRplusV2 and Nipro NTM+MDRTB. Study quality was assessed with QUADAS-2. Bivariate random-effects meta-analyses were performed for direct and indirect testing. Results for RIF and INH resistance were compared to phenotypic and composite (incorporating sequencing) reference standards. M. tuberculosis detection results were compared to culture.74 unique studies were included. For RIF resistance (21 225 samples), pooled sensitivity and specificity (with 95% confidence intervals) were 96.7% (95.6-97.5%) and 98.8% (98.2-99.2%). For INH resistance (20 954 samples), pooled sensitivity and specificity were 90.2% (88.2-91.9%) and 99.2% (98.7-99.5%). Results were similar for direct and indirect testing and across LPAs. Using a composite reference standard, specificity increased marginally. For M. tuberculosis detection (3451 samples), pooled sensitivity was 94% (89.4-99.4%) for smear-positive specimens and 44% (20.2-71.7%) for smear-negative specimens.In patients with pulmonary TB, LPAs have high sensitivity and specificity for RIF resistance and high specificity and good sensitivity for INH resistance. This meta-analysis provides evidence for policy and practice.
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