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Bibliographic Info

GuidelineWHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis
Year of Publication2025
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization

Recommendation

Status
Updated

Recommended in favor

Strong

For people with signs and symptoms of extrapulmonary TB, low-complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests on lymph node tissue aspirate, pleural tissue, pleural fluid, synovial fluid, peritoneal fluid or pericardial fluid should be used for the initial diagnosis of TB, rather than smear microscopy or culture.

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