Bibliographic Info
Guideline—
Year of Publication—
Issuing Institution—
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended against
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Commercial serological tests provide inconsistent and imprecise findings resulting in highly variable values for sensitivity and specificity. There is no evidence that existing commercial serological assays improve patient-important outcomes, and high proportions of false-positive and false-negative results adversely impact patient safety. Overall data quality was graded as very low and it is strongly recommended that these tests not be used for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB.
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Guideline
Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children
Year2014
InstitutionWHO