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Provedor de dados: 	58	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Comparison of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay and LED-FM microscopy for the diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	
Autores: 	Khan,Anwar Sheed; Ali,Sajid; Khan,Muhammad Tahir; Ahmed,Sajjad; Khattak,Yasir; Abduljabbar,; Irfan,Muhammad; Sajjad,Wasim.	
Data: 	2018-12-01	
Ano: 	2018	
Palavras-chave: 	GeneXpert; LED-FM microscopy; Sensitivity; Specificity.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT GeneXpert is one of the recent technological instruments used to diagnose tuberculosis in a short span of time. In this study, the performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) was compared with light-emitting diode Fluorescent Microscopy (LED-FM) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A total of 737 EPTB samples were collected from tuberculosis (TB) suspected patients. Out of these samples, male to female ratio was 53% (n = 390) to 47% (n = 347) respectively. The sensitivity and specificity was 73% and 100% for GeneXpert, while 40% and 100% for LED-FM microscopy. This shows that the sensitivity of GeneXpert is 40–50%, higher than LED-FM microscopy. GeneXpert also detected low number of bacilli as compared to LED-FM microscopy.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822018000400909	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia	
Relação: 	10.1016/j.bjm.2018.02.011	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Microbiology  v.49 n.4 2018	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess