Diagnostic sensitivity of SILVAMP TB-LAM (FujiLAM) point-of-care urine assay for extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in people living with HIV

Eur Respir J. 2020 Feb 6;55(2):1901259. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01259-2019. Print 2020 Feb.

Abstract

FujiLAM point-of-care rapid urine test for TB detects a large proportion of pulmonary and traditionally difficult-to-diagnose extra-pulmonary forms of TB in hospitalised patients with advanced HIV http://bit.ly/36Dl0Eo

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • HIV Infections* / complications
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
  • Point-of-Care Systems
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / diagnosis