A pilot study to evaluate urine LAM assay for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among non-HIV patients

Akshita Gupta; Ajay Kumar; Asem Ali Ashraf; Haritha Madigubba; Kiran Chawla

doi:10.1177/0049475520936164

A pilot study to evaluate urine LAM assay for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among non-HIV patients

Akshita Gupta^*
, Ajay Kumar
, Asem Ali Ashraf
, Haritha Madigubba
, Kiran Chawla

^*Corresponding author for this work

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There is a great need to improve diagnostic tools for tuberculosis where the majority are without HIV co-infection in resource-poor settings and high-burden areas such as India. The urine LAM assay has not hitherto been studied and may have a role to play. Our study found that, as a stand-alone diagnostic tool, the assay was suboptimal when compared to Xpert MTB/Rif. However, a combination of LAM assay along with sputum microscopy may be useful in settings where molecular testing is unavailable.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	343-346
Number of pages	4
Journal	Tropical Doctor
Volume	50
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0049475520936164
Publication status	Published - 01-10-2020

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Infectious Diseases

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