Another new TB test ("MODS") superior to smear microscopy
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Last month we reported the success of the MTB/RIF test in identifying tuberculosis when smears are negative, which occurs ~40% of the time in TB-HIV coinfection. Shah et al publish their success with the sputum MODS assay in an all-HIV clinic in South Africa. The MODS is a rapid (~7-day) culture that also identifies multi-drug resistant TB. The test was 85% sensitive and 97% specific overall, and was 72% sensitive when smears were negative. (Sputum culture was the gold standard.)
Another new TB test ("MODS") superior to smear microscopy
Another new TB test ("MODS") superior to…
Another new TB test ("MODS") superior to smear microscopy
Last month we reported the success of the MTB/RIF test in identifying tuberculosis when smears are negative, which occurs ~40% of the time in TB-HIV coinfection. Shah et al publish their success with the sputum MODS assay in an all-HIV clinic in South Africa. The MODS is a rapid (~7-day) culture that also identifies multi-drug resistant TB. The test was 85% sensitive and 97% specific overall, and was 72% sensitive when smears were negative. (Sputum culture was the gold standard.)