Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis
Year of Publication2025
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
High
For adults and adolescents with signs or symptoms of TB or who screened positive for pulmonary TB, low-complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests should be used on respiratory samples as initial diagnostic tests for TB, rather than smear microscopy or culture