ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2019
Guidance for Studies Evaluating the Accuracy of Tuberculosis Triage Tests.
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- Evaluation of C-Reactive Protein and Computer-Aided Analysis of Chest X-rays as Tuberculosis Triage Tests at Health Facilities in Lesotho and South Africa.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024Trial
- Utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and digital chest radiography for the diagnosis and treatment of TB in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trial (XACT-TB).Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2023Trial
- Computer-aided X-ray screening for tuberculosis and HIV testing among adults with cough in Malawi (the PROSPECT study): A randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Trial
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- Current and Emerging Diagnostic Approaches for Tuberculosis in People Living with HIV: Challenges and Future Perspectives.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Review
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Tuberculosis Screening Tests in a Prospective Multinational Cohort: Chest Radiography With Computer-Aided Detection, Xpert Tuberculosis Host Response, and C-Reactive Protein.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026Article
- Potential urine NMR Metabolomic signatures for early diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Head-to-head comparison of diagnostic accuracy of TB screening tests: Chest-X-ray, Xpert TB host response, and C-reactive protein.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Computer-aided detection thresholds for digital chest radiography interpretation in tuberculosis diagnostic algorithms.ERJ open research · 2024Article
- Magnitude and factors associated with delay in treatment-seeking among new pulmonary tuberculosis patients in public health facilities in Habro district, eastern Ethiopia.Health services insights · 2024Article
- Accuracy of digital chest x-ray analysis with artificial intelligence software as a triage and screening tool in hospitalized patients being evaluated for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Volatile Organic Compound Identification-Based Tuberculosis Screening among TB Suspects: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2023Article
- Clinical utility of C-reactive protein-based triage for presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis in South African adults.The Journal of infection · 2023Article
- Patient Preferences for Strategies to Improve Tuberculosis Diagnostic Services in Zambia.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- The Quest for a Child-Friendly Tuberculosis Triage Test.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2022Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of the Cepheid 3-gene Host Response Fingerstick Blood Test in a Prospective, Multi-site Study: Interim Results.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Article
- Performance of novel antibodies for lipoarabinomannan to develop diagnostic tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.PloS one · 2022Article
- Asia emerges as a hotbed of diagnostic innovations for tuberculosis.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2021Article
- Automatic cough classification for tuberculosis screening in a real-world environment.Physiological measurement · 2021Article
- Evaluation of Triage Tests When Existing Test Capacity Is Constrained: Application to Rapid Diagnostic Testing in COVID-19.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2021Article
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Abstract
Approximately 3.6 million cases of active tuberculosis (TB) go potentially undiagnosed annually, partly due to limited access to confirmatory diagnostic tests, such as molecular assays or mycobacterial culture, in community and primary healthcare settings. This article provides guidance for TB triage test evaluations. A TB triage test is designed for use in people with TB symptoms and/or significant risk factors for TB. Triage tests are simple and low-cost tests aiming to improve ease of access and implementation (compared with confirmatory tests) and decrease the proportion of patients requiring more expensive confirmatory testing. Evaluation of triage tests should occur in settings of intended use, such as community and primary healthcare centers. Important considerations for triage test evaluation include study design, population, sample type, test throughput, use of thresholds, reference standard (ideally culture), and specimen flow. The impact of a triage test will depend heavily on issues beyond accuracy, primarily centered on implementation.
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