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Inderpaul Singh Sehgal1, Sahajal Dhooria1, Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal1, Digambar Behera1, Ritesh Agarwal2.
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A systematic review investigating the role of Xpert MTB/RIF in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) was conducted. The pooled sensitivities and specificities of Xpert MTB/RIF were 51.4% and 98.6%, respectively, with culture used as a reference standard and 22.7% and 99.8%, respectively, with a composite reference standard (CRS) used as the benchmark. Xpert MTB/RIF has low sensitivity but excellent specificity in the diagnosis of TPE.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26818675 PMCID: PMC4809962 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03205-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948