New Evidence Available
Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2025, WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis
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GuidelineWHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis: rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection, 3rd ed.
Year of Publication2024
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
In people with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB disease, targeted next generation sequencing technologies may be used on respiratory samples to diagnose resistance to rifampicin, fluoroquinolones, and ethambutol rather than culture-based phenotypic drug susceptibility testing
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Guideline
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis
Year2025
InstitutionWorld Health Organization