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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Tuberculous Meningitis

Published:2019-06 Issue:6 Volume:57 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Pormohammad Ali¹,Nasiri Mohammad Javad²,McHugh Timothy D.³,Riahi Seyed Mohammad⁴,Bahr Nathan C.⁵

Affiliation:

1. Student Research Committee, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3. Centre for Clinical Microbiology, UCL Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

4. Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

5. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Abstract

The diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is difficult and poses a significant challenge to physicians worldwide. Recently, nucleic acid amplification (NAA) tests have shown promise for the diagnosis of TBM, although their performance has been variable.

Funder

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.01113-18

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