Existing immunological and microbiological TB tests have suboptimal sensitivity in children with TBM, with each test producing false-negative results in a substantial proportion of patients. Combining immune-based tests with CSF culture and CSF PCR results in considerably higher positive diagnostic yields, and should therefore be standard clinical practice in high-resource settings.

Performance of Immune-Based and Microbiological Tests in Children With TB Meningitis in Europe - A Multi-Center Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (Ptbnet) Study / Galli Luisa. - In: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. - ISSN 0903-1936. - ELETTRONICO. - (2020), pp. 1902004-1902004. [10.1183/13993003.02004-2019]

Performance of Immune-Based and Microbiological Tests in Children With TB Meningitis in Europe - A Multi-Center Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (Ptbnet) Study

Galli Luisa
2020

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Existing immunological and microbiological TB tests have suboptimal sensitivity in children with TBM, with each test producing false-negative results in a substantial proportion of patients. Combining immune-based tests with CSF culture and CSF PCR results in considerably higher positive diagnostic yields, and should therefore be standard clinical practice in high-resource settings.
2020
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