A two-step algorithm for rapid diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis in entry applicants using the T-SPOT.TB and Xpert MTB/RIF assays in Shanghai, China

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2017 Jul 26;6(7):e67. doi: 10.1038/emi.2017.52.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • China
  • Culture Media / classification
  • Humans
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / instrumentation
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Radiography
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Travel
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology

Substances

  • Culture Media