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Guideline
Year of Publication
Issuing Institution

Recommendation

Status
Maintained

Recommended against

Strong

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
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