Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF for the Diagnosis of Lymphatic Tuberculosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization approved the use of Xpert MTB/RIF for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA, which has significantly improved the diagnosis of tuberculosis. In this study, our main objective was to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of Xpert MTB/RIF for lymphoid tuberculosis to determine whether Xpert MTB/RIF could be used as a routine detection method.

Materials and methods

We searched four databases for the relevant literature published from May 2007 to December 2019. The quality of the literature was evaluated with reference to the evaluation criteria. Data that were extracted from the literature on Xpert MTB/RIF diagnosis of lymphatic tuberculosis were used to plot the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve, after w

SUBMITTER: Li HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7338981 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature