Awa Ba Diallo, Victory F Edem, Arnauld Fiogbe, Kwabena A Osman, Mohamed Tolofoudie, Amadou Somboro, Bassirou Diarra, Babatunde Ogunbosi, Ibrahim Abok, Augustine O Ebonyi, Bamenla Goka, Dissou Affolabi, Regina Oladokun, Aderemi O Kehinde, Nuredin Mohammed, Toyin Togun
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra ('Ultra') for diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis (TB) within public health systems. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, children aged <15 years with presumptive pulmonary TB were consecutively recruited and evaluated for TB at tertiary-level hospitals in Benin, Mali and Ghana. Bivariate random-effects models were used to determine the pooled sensitivity and specificity of Ultra against culture...
January 18, 2024: International Journal of Infectious Diseases: IJID