Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis
Year of Publication2025
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
For people with signs and symptoms of pulmonary TB, moderate-complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests may be used on respiratory samples for the detection of pulmonary TB, and of rifampicin and isoniazid resistance, rather than culture and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing.
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Originally Developed
Guideline
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis – rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection: web annex 2. GRADE profiles
Year2020
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis: rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection, 3rd ed.
Year2024
InstitutionWorld Health Organization