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Newest firstBackgroundTargeted Universal Tuberculosis Testing (TUTT) may increase tuberculosis (TB) case detection by including people who are not actively seeking TB care but are at high risk of the disease.Non-invasive tongue swab (TS) testing may facilitate TUTT. We evaluated two TS testing protocols in people with HIV (PWH) tested irrespective of TB symptoms. MethodsStudy staff collected Copan FLOQSwab and Medline foam sw…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundSputum-based testing has long been the cornerstone of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, but emerging specimen types like tongue swabs (TS) offer additional approaches for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). This two-phase study evaluated the impact of storage and transport conditions, along with laboratory processing modifications, to improve MTBC detection using TS tested on quantitative PCR…
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