Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children using blood and urine specimens.
Juliana Figueirêdo da Costa Lima Suassuna MonteiroLílian Maria Lapa Montenegro PimentelFabiana Cristina Fulco SantosMarcela Pereira SalazarRafael Silva DuarteFernanda Carvalho de Queiroz MelloHaiana Charifker SchindlerPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)
Although STNPCR showed moderate sensitivity, the specificity is high; therefore, the test can be used as an auxiliary tool to diagnose TB in children. It is a rapid test that demonstrated better performance than other diagnostic tests in paucibacillary samples as it does in childhood tuberculosis.