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Validity of a CB-NAAT assay in diagnosing tuberculosis in comparison to culture: A study from an urban area of South India

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, ISSN: 2405-5794, Vol: 21, Page: 100198
2020
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•CB-NAAT performance compared in 831 suspected pulmonary and extrapulmonary suspected cases.•The conventional stained smear and CB-NAAT results were compared to the MGIT culture.•Sensitivity and specificity of CB-NAAT was 84.43% and 94.93%.•The rapid results from CB-NAAT confirms its use in the tuberculosis diagnostic algorithm.•The benefits of disease diagnosis and prevention outweighs the price tag of the CB-NAAT tests.•This is more so for the resource poor countries where the burden of the disease is high.

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