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WHO suggests using LF-LAM to assist in the diagnosis of active TB in HIV-positive adults, adolescents and children with signs and symptoms of TB (pulmonary and/or extrapulmonary) or seriously ill.
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WHO_CDS_TB_2020_72_27
WHO strongly recommends using LF-LAM to assist in the diagnosis of active TB in HIV-positive adults, adolescents and children irrespective of signs and symptoms of TB and with a CD4 cell count of less than 200 cells/mm3.
WHO_CDS_TB_2020_72_26
WHO strongly recommends using LF-LAM to assist in the diagnosis of active TB in HIV-positive adults, adolescents and children with advanced HIV disease or who are seriously ill.
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WHO strongly recommends using LF-LAM to assist in the diagnosis of active TB in HIV-positive adults, adolescents and children
with signs and symptoms of TB (pulmonary and/or extrapulmonary).
WHO_CDS_TB_2020_72_22
For persons with a sputum smear-positive specimen or a cultured isolate of MTBC, commercial molecular LPAs may be used as the initial test instead of phenotypic culture-based DST to detect resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid.
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TB-LAMP may be used as a follow-on test to smear microscopy in adults with signs and symptoms consistent with pulmonary TB, especially when further testing of sputum smear-negative specimens is necessary.
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TB-LAMP may be used as a replacement test for sputum-smear microscopy for diagnosing pulmonary TB in adults with signs and symptoms consistent with TB
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In children with signs and symptoms of pulmonary TB, Xpert MTB/RIF should be used as an initial diagnostic test for TB and rifampicin-resistance detection in sputum, gastric aspirate, nasopharyngeal aspirate and stool rather than smear microscopy/culture and phenotypic DST.
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In adults and children with signs and symptoms of pulmonary TB and a
Truenat MTB or MTB Plus positive result, Truenat MTB-RIF Dx may be used as
an initial test for rifampicin resistance rather than culture and phenotypic DST.
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In adults and children with signs and symptoms of pulmonary TB, the Truenat MTB or MTB Plus may be used as an initial diagnostic test for TB rather than smear microscopy/culture.