Evidence Library

Publications & Scientific Evidence

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WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Tuberculosis: Module 3 — Diagnosis: Rapid Diagnostics for Tuberculosis Detection

World Health Organization

WHO Guidelines · 2021 (updated)

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WHO recommendations on rapid molecular diagnostics for TB, including Xpert MTB/RIF and line probe assays, and their place within diagnostic algorithms. These are international guidelines; they do not constitute ID Labs validated performance data.

Publications & Scientific Evidence

WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Tuberculosis: Module 3 — Diagnosis: Rapid Diagnostics for Tuberculosis Detection

Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock

Multiplex PCR in the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin and acute febrile illness

Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing from positive blood cultures: platform review

Clinical metagenomics with Oxford Nanopore for bloodstream infection: species ID and AMR prediction

MALDI Biotyper Sirius versus VITEK MS PRIME: identification concordance

Evaluating the performance of common dengue serological assays (NS1/IgM)

Nested PCR for Acanthamoeba keratitis: diagnostic accuracy

Genotypic and phenotypic strategies for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Automated blood-culture systems (BacT/ALERT VIRTUO vs BACTEC FX400): comparative evaluation

Quantitative CMV nucleic-acid testing for viral-load monitoring in transplant recipients

Fourth International Consensus Guidelines on the Management of CMV in Solid-Organ Transplantation

Microfluidic real-time PCR for rapid diagnosis of infectious endophthalmitis

Multiplex PCR meningitis/encephalitis panel on cerebrospinal fluid: diagnostic performance

Rapid multiplex PCR for bloodstream infections: systematic review and meta-analysis

BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis panel: clinical evaluation in CSF

Multiplex PCR for tropical acute febrile illness and malaria co-infections in central India

Clinical evaluation of respiratory pathogen multiplex PCR panels

Seegene Allplex STI Essential Assay: diagnostic evaluation

Nanopore adaptive sampling for host depletion in clinical metagenomics

Alinity m STI multiplex PCR (CT/NG/TV/MG): multicenter clinical evaluation

Multiplex real-time PCR for SARS-CoV-2, influenza A/B and RSV: analytical and clinical evaluation

Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra for pulmonary TB and rifampicin resistance: Cochrane review

CLIA/ECLIA versus ELISA for infectious-disease serology screening: comparative performance

WHO Technical Manual for Drug-Susceptibility Testing of M. tuberculosis (BACTEC MGIT 960)

Evaluation of line probe assays (MTBDRplus/MTBDRsl) in clinical specimens

Comparison of rapid tests and multiplex PCR for dengue, malaria and chikungunya in acute febrile illness

WHO policy guidance: Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra as an initial diagnostic test for TB

MALDI-TOF Biotyper for bacterial identification: multicenter accuracy study

GenoType MTBDRplus and MTBDRsl for detection of TB drug resistance: diagnostic accuracy

LightCycler SeptiFast multiplex PCR for bloodstream infection: meta-analysis

BACTEC MGIT 960 liquid culture for TB drug-susceptibility testing: performance