Implementation Research to Inform the Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Primary Health Care Facilities in High TB and HIV Settings in Resource Constrained Settings

Choosing algorithms for TB screening: a modelling study to compare yield, predictive value and diagnostic burden

(2014) Anna H van’t Hoog et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnostic Delays and Clinical Decision Making With Centralized Xpert MTB/RIF Testing in Durban, South Africa

(2014) Gabriel M. Cohen et al.   JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES

Do high rates of empirical treatment undermine the potential effect of new diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in high-burden settings?

(2014) Grant Theron et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Sensitivity and Specificity of Using a Computer Aided Diagnosis Program for Automatically Scoring Chest X-Rays of Presumptive TB Patients Compared with Xpert MTB/RIF in Lusaka Zambia

(2014) Monde Muyoyeta et al.   PLoS One

Detection of tuberculosis using digital chest radiography: automated reading vs. interpretation by clinical officers

(2013) P. Maduskar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Feasibility, accuracy, and clinical effect of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF testing for tuberculosis in primary-care settings in Africa: a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial

(2013) Grant Theron et al.   LANCET

Time to Treatment and Patient Outcomes among TB Suspects Screened by a Single Point-of-Care Xpert MTB/RIF at a Primary Care Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa

(2013) Colleen F. Hanrahan et al.   PLoS One

Location of Xpert® MTB/RIF in centralised laboratories in South Africa undermines potential impact [Correspondence]

(2012) Stephen D. Lawn et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Filmless versus film-based systems in radiographic examination costs: an activity-based costing method

(2011) Hiroshi Muto et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Do adjunct tuberculosis tests, when combined with Xpert MTB/RIF, improve accuracy and the cost of diagnosis in a resource-poor setting?

(2011) Grant Theron et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Screening for HIV-Associated Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance before Antiretroviral Therapy Using the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay: A Prospective Study

(2011) Stephen D. Lawn et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

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

Dissimilarity-based classification in the absence of local ground truth: Application to the diagnostic interpretation of chest radiographs

(2009) Y. Arzhaeva et al.   PATTERN RECOGNITION

Association between sputum smear status and local immune responses at the site of disease in HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

(2007) Henry C. Mwandumba et al.   TUBERCULOSIS