Diagnostic accuracy of a novel point-of-care tongue swab assay for pulmonary tuberculosis: a multicentre prospective study
The MiniDock test using tongue swabs and sputum provides a rapid, reliable, and noninvasive point-of-care testing diagnostic option for TB. Although the tongue swab MiniDock has lower sensitivity, its high acceptability makes it a valuable supplementary tool for individuals unable to produce sputum.
Authors
- Hongdi Liang
- Xiaoyu Lai
- Xiao‐Ping Zhong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4619-8783)
- Chunfang Lv
- Zhuhua Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3527-7945)
- Liuyue Xu
- Sheng‐Yuan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-7119)
- Xunxun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9481-4819)
- Xiao Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8611-891X)
- Liwei Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3316-870X)
- Mingxing Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7884-8752)
- Xinhua Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6277-0292)
- Yan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0316-7810)
- Jing Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-6523)
- Jianhong Xie
- Huixin Guo
- Yong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2815-2298)
- Yuhui Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7669-8925)
- Jianzhong Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-1488)
- Jiong Yang
- Ruiming Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6551-7902)
- Zhuanghao Chen
Institutions
- Shantou University (CN)
- Zhuhai People's Hospital (CN)
- Center for Tuberculosis Control of Guangdong Province (CN)
- Shenzhen Chronic Disease Prevention Center (CN)
- Dongguan People’s Hospital (CN)
- Shantou Central Hospital (CN)
- Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Microbiology and Infection
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2025.11.010
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.38