Clinical performance of Xpert MTB/RIF on contrast-enhanced ultrasound-guided core biopsy specimens for rapid diagnosis of superficial tuberculous lymphadenitis in high TB burden settings.

Objective: The diagnosis of superficial tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBLN) remains difficult due to low detection rate of etiology. To increase the diagnostic value for TBLN, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) guided core biopsy was introduced to obtain the specimen followed by Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert)...

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Publicado en:Infection Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 653 - 661
Autores principales: Sun, Wenwen, Gu, Jin, Bi, Ke, Zhang, Yi, Shen, Meng-jun, Wang, Yin, Fan, Lin
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Aug2021
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