Evaluation of the Performance of Stool Samples to Diagnose Pediatric Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Routine Care: A Cohort Study From Pakistan
Stool-Xpert-Ultra demonstrated moderate sensitivity against MC-PTB in <10. It identified additional MC-PTB cases when RS was unavailable or/negative, making it a valuable noninvasive alternative, especially in children ≥10 and with SAM, where it missed fewer cases.
Authors
- Aneela Shaheen
- Iqbal Bano
- Yasir Bin Nisar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9720-5699)
- Tehmina Mustafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9822-1191)
- Huda Sarwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0826-7485)
- Brekhna Aurangzeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-5147)
- Zaheer Akhtar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9782-9824)
- Atiqa Ambreen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2165-4444)
- Muhammad Usama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3768-4202)
- Z. Rao
Institutions
- Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PK)
- Lahore General Hospital (PK)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- University Teaching Hospital (ZM)
- University of Health Sciences Lahore (PK)
- Chulabhorn Research Institute (TH)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Urban Unit (PK)
- Chulabhorn Hospital (TH)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
- Institute of Child Health (IN)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PK)
- University of York (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf641
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40