Diagnostic Accuracy of a Novel and Rapid Lipoarabinomannan Test for Diagnosing Tuberculosis Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Stephanie BjerrumTobias BrogerRita SzékelySatoshi MitaraiJapheth A OpintanErnest KenuMargaret LarteyKennedy K AddoKinuyo ChikamatsuAurélien MacéSamuel G SchumacherEmmanuel MoreauMaunank ShahIsik Somuncu JohansenClaudia M Denkinger

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)

FujiLAM offers significantly increased diagnostic sensitivity in comparison to AlereLAM. Specificity estimates for FujiLAM were lower than for AlereLAM but were affected by the limited ability of the reference standard to correctly diagnose tuberculosis in individuals with low CD4 counts.

Keyphrases

human immunodeficiency virus
hiv aids
antiretroviral therapy
mycobacterium tuberculosis
hepatitis c virus
hiv infected
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv positive
adverse drug
peripheral blood
loop mediated isothermal amplification
drug induced