Diagnosing tuberculous meningitis - have we made any progress?

Point-of-care detection of lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in urine for diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis: a state of the art review

(2012) Stephen D Lawn   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnostic accuracy of a urine lipoarabinomannan strip-test for TB detection in HIV-infected hospitalised patients

(2012) Jonathan G. Peter et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Clinical validation of Xpert MTB/RIF for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

(2012) Enrico Tortoli et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Can LED fluorescence microscopy replace Ziehl-Neelsen microscopy in tuberculosis detection? [Correspondence]

(2012) Dasarathi Das et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Rise in rifampicin-monoresistant tuberculosis in Western Cape, South Africa

(2012) F. K. Mukinda et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Enabling biomarkers for tuberculosis control [State of the Art Series. New tools. Number 3 in the series]

(2012) J. Maertzdorf et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

A Highly Efficient Ziehl-Neelsen Stain: Identifying De Novo Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Improving Detection of Extracellular M. tuberculosis in Cerebrospinal Fluid

(2012) P. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Small Membrane Filter Method of Microscopy to Diagnose Pulmonary Tuberculosis

(2012) Kevin P. Fennelly et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Biomarkers: Needs, Challenges, Recent Advances, and Opportunities

(2012) Ruth McNerney et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Intensified regimen containing rifampicin and moxifloxacin for tuberculous meningitis: an open-label, randomised controlled phase 2 trial

(2012) Rovina Ruslami et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Diagnostic Accuracy Study of Xpert®MTB/RIF in HIV-Positive Patients with High Clinical Suspicion of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru

(2012) Gabriela Carriquiry et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of Real Time IS6110-PCR, Microscopy, and Culture for Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis in a Cohort of Adult Patients in Indonesia

(2012) Lidya Chaidir et al.   PLoS One

Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Multidrug Resistance by the Microscopic-Observation Drug-Susceptibility Assay

(2011) N. Sarita Shah et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Guidelines on interferon-γ release assays for tuberculosis infection: concordance, discordance or confusion?

(2011) C.M. Denkinger et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Diagnosing tuberculosis with urine lipoarabinomannan: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2011) J. Minion et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Xpert®MTB/RIF assay: development, evaluation and implementation of a new rapid molecular diagnostic for tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance

(2011) Stephen D Lawn et al.   Future Microbiology

Evaluation of a simple loop-mediated isothermal amplification test kit for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

(2011) S. Mitarai et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Comparative Utility of Cytokine Levels and Quantitative RD-1-Specific T Cell Responses for Rapid Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis

(2011) Vinod B. Patel et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Rapid and Reliable Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis

(2011) K. J. Nagdev et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of Two Molecular Methods for Rapid Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

(2011) M. Causse et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of the Xpert MTB/RIF Test with an IS6110-TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Specimens

(2011) S. Armand et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Molecular Detection of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by the Automated GeneXpert MTB/RIF System

(2011) D. Hillemann et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Xpert MTB/RIF: a New Pillar in Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis?

(2011) Viral Vadwai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Multiplex PCR for rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

(2011) Sharma Kusum et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

Predictive value of interferon-γ release assays for incident active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2011) Molebogeng X Rangaka et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparison of loop-mediated isothermal amplification and real-time PCR for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

(2011) B. Yang et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Cerebrospinal T-Cell Responses Aid in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus– and Tuberculosis-Endemic Population

(2010) Vinod B. Patel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis by T Cell–Based Assays on Peripheral Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Mononuclear Cells

(2010) Sung‐Han Kim et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Interferon-  release assays for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2010) M. Sester et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Xpert®MTB/RIF for point-of-care diagnosis of TB in high-HIV burden, resource-limited countries: hype or hope?

(2010) Annelies Van Rie et al.   EXPERT REVIEW OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in HIV-Positive Patients by Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility Assay

(2010) Dang Thi Minh Ha et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Containment of Bioaerosol Infection Risk by the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay and Its Applicability to Point-of-Care Settings

(2010) P. P. Banada et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Tuberculous meningitis: a uniform case definition for use in clinical research

(2010) Suzaan Marais et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokine Expression in Tuberculous Meningitis Patients with Treatment

(2010) Rajpal S. Kashyap et al.   NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION

Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction using protein b primers for rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

(2010) Kusum Sharma et al.   NEUROLOGY INDIA

A study of cytokines in tuberculous meningitis: Clinical and MRI correlation

(2010) Usha Kant Misra et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

(2010) Catharina C. Boehme et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Comparison of a Clinical Prediction Rule and a LAM Antigen-Detection Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of TBM in a High HIV Prevalence Setting

(2010) Vinod B. Patel et al.   PLoS One

Extending an evidence hierarchy to include topics other than treatment: revising the Australian 'levels of evidence'

(2009) Tracy Merlin et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Evidence-Based Comparison of Commercial Interferon-γ Release Assays for Detecting Active TB

(2009) Roland Diel et al.   CHEST

The quest for biomarkers in tuberculosis

(2009) Shreemanta K. Parida et al.   DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP): a rapid, accurate, and cost-effective diagnostic method for infectious diseases

(2009) Yasuyoshi Mori et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Twenty Years of Pediatric Tuberculous Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study in the Western Cape of South Africa

(2009) G. T. J. van Well et al.   PEDIATRICS

Adenosine deaminase and tuberculous meningitis—A systematic review with meta-analysis

(2009) Felipe Francisco Tuon et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Quantitative lung T cell responses aid the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

(2009) K Dheda et al.   THORAX

Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis by T-Cell-Based Assays on Peripheral Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Mononuclear Cells

(2008) S.-H. Kim et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP): a new generation of innovative gene amplification technique; perspectives in clinical diagnosis of infectious diseases

(2008) Manmohan Parida et al.   REVIEWS IN MEDICAL VIROLOGY