Sputum quality and diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF among smear-negative adults with presumed tuberculosis in Uganda.

PLoS One · 2017 · PMC5501569 · PMID 28686705

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In fact, we identified a strong trend towards a higher diagnostic yield in salivary than in non-salivary specimens.

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Results Patients with salivary sputum showed a trend towards a substantially higher proportion of samples that were Xpert-positive (54/286, 19%, 95% CI 15–24) compared with those with all other sputum sample types (221/1496, 15%, 95% CI 13–17).

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