Performance of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests in Patients with Presumptive Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan.
Wei-Chang HuangChih-Bin LinShun-Tien ChienJann-Yuan WangChou-Jui LinJia-Yih FengChih-Hsin LeeChin-Chung ShuMing-Chih YuJen-Jyh LeeChen-Yuan ChiangPublished in: Infectious diseases and therapy (2022)
The NAATs overall had a relatively high sensitivity and specificity in detecting MTBC while Amplicor and Xpert performed better than in-house PCR in excluding NTM. Our findings will be useful for the development of national policy.