Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis
Year of Publication2025
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
High
For people with bacteriologically confirmed TB, low-complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests should be used on respiratory samples as initial tests for detection of resistance to rifampicin, rather than culture-based drug susceptibility testing.