Diagnostic accuracy of a novel point-of-care urine lipoarabinomannan assay for the detection of tuberculosis among adult outpatients in Zambia: a prospective cross-sectional study.

Monde Muyoyeta Andrew D KerkhoffLophina ChilukutuEmmanuel MoreauSamuel G SchumacherMorten Ruhwald

Published in: The European respiratory journal (2021)

FujiLAM demonstrated high sensitivity for the detection of TB among both HIV-positive and HIV-negative adults, and also demonstrated good specificity despite the lack of systematic extrapulmonary sampling to inform a comprehensive microbiological reference standard.

Keyphrases

hiv positive
antiretroviral therapy
men who have sex with men
south africa
mycobacterium tuberculosis
hiv testing
hiv infected
hiv aids
loop mediated isothermal amplification
human immunodeficiency virus
real time pcr
label free
electronic health record
childhood cancer