ArticleInfection and drug resistance2021
Diagnostic Yield of Oral Swab Testing by TB-LAMP for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
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- Low-complexity manual nucleic acid amplification tests for pulmonary tuberculosis in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Oral swabs with a rapid molecular diagnostic test for pulmonary tuberculosis in adults and children: a systematic review.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Pooled it
- Accuracy of upper respiratory tract samples to diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Microbe · 2023Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of oral swab for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis Detection with MiniDock MTB Using Swab Samples.The New England journal of medicine · 2026Trial
- An optimal processing method for recovery of tuberculosis in the tongue swab using theMicrobiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Complementary effects of acid-fast staining, culture, and Xpert MTB/RIFBMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on Innovative Approaches in Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Challenges and Future Directions.International journal of MCH and AIDS · 2026Review
- Diagnostic accuracy of swab-based molecular tests for tuberculosis using near-point-of-care platforms: a multi-country evaluation.EBioMedicine · 2025Article
- Integration of AI and ML in Tuberculosis (TB) Management: From Diagnosis to Drug Discovery.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Optimal processing of tongue swab samples forMicrobiology spectrum · 2025Article
- High-sensitivity detection ofJournal of clinical microbiology · 2025Article
- Rapid quantitative PCR on tongue swabs for pulmonary tuberculosis in adults: a prospective multicentre study.The European respiratory journal · 2025Article
- WHO target product profile for TB detection at peripheral settings: 2024 update.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- A DNA methylation signature identified in the buccal mucosa reflecting active tuberculosis is changing during tuberculosis treatment.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Non-sputum-based samples and biomarkers for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the hope to improve childhood and HIV-associated tuberculosis diagnosis.European journal of medical research · 2024Review
- High-sensitivity detection ofmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- New Manual Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Validated on Tongue Swabs Collected and Processed in Uganda Shows Sensitivity That Rivals Sputum-based Molecular Tuberculosis Diagnostics.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of tongue swab testing on two automated tuberculosis diagnostic platforms, Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Molbio Truenat MTB Ultima.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2024Article
- Blazing the trail for innovative tuberculosis diagnostics.Infection · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectiveA prospective study was conducted to ascertain the accuracy of oral swab specimens collected in the early morning, spot and at night for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).
methodsWe prospectively enrolled patients with symptoms suggestive of pulmonary TB in Beijing Chest Hospital. An early morning sputum specimen was collected from each patient for GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and mycobacterial culture. In addition, three oral swabs were collected for TB-LAMP testing.
resultsWith the combined results of three oral swab specimens, the proportion of
conclusionOral swab can be used as an alternative specimen for diagnosis of pulmonary TB using TB-LAMP. Morning oral swab exhibits the highest sensitivity, and the inclusion of more specimens at different time points provides compensation in diagnostic sensitivity with single oral swab.
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