A systematic review of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of tuberculosis infection
Dinnes J, Deeks J, Kunst H, Gibson A, Cummins E, Waugh N, Drobniewski F, Lalvani A
Record ID 32007000112
English
Authors' objectives:
1. For each form of active tuberculosis, to conduct systematic reviews to evaluate the accuracy of the following groups of tests in patients suspected of active TB: (a) nucleic acid amplification tests (b) amplification molecular probe tests (c) serodiagnostic and biochemical assays (d) phage-based tests.
2. To conduct a systematic review to evaluate how effective fully automated liquid culture systems are for isolating and identifying TB.
3. To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the use of interferon assays for detection of latent TB infection.
4. To examine the likely NHS and societal consequences of false-positive and-false negative tests.
Authors' methods:
Systematic review
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1247
Year Published:
2007
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Tuberculosis
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2009 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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