Improving Tuberculosis Diagnosis Through Artificial Intelligence (CAD4TB) and Stool Xpert MTB/RIF Testing: A Prospective Study From Oromia, Ethiopia
The combined use of CAD4TB and stool Xpert testing significantly improves tuberculosis detection, particularly among HHCs in high-burden, low-resource settings. This strategy is especially valuable in children and adults unable to produce sputum and where radiological expertise is limited.
Authors
- Giovanni Putoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0256-1744)
- Federico Giovanni Gobbi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6899-4545)
- Lorenzo Guglielmetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0886-9635)
- Abdi Reta
- Alemseged Abdissa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3798-5037)
- Flavio Bobbio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8850-8543)
- Melaku Tilahun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3101-3926)
- Francesco Cavallin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0831-3971)
- Berhanu Gulo
- Worku Nigussa
- Giacomo Guido (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8783-7221)
- Beatrice Zauli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3358-5936)
- Birhanu Kenate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-5971)
- Francesco Vladimiro Segala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5276-2603)
- Giordano Madeddu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6099-2273)
- Annalisa Saracino
- Francesco Di Gennaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3453-5647)
- Kidist Bobosha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8091-7182)
- Roberta Iatta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2386-8542)
- Sergio Cotugno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8867-5911)
- Azmach Biset Asmare
- Fabio Manenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6967-6813)
- Nicola Veronese
- Mulugeta Miressa
- Abata Surra
Institutions
- University of Sassari (IT)
- Brescia University (US)
- Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences (IT)
- Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria (IT)
- Doctors with Africa Cuamm (IT)
- Oromiyaa Regional Health Bureau (ET)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- Armauer Hansen Research Institute (ET)
- Statisticon (Sweden) (SE)
- St Lukes Hospital (GB)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
- University of Brescia (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf725
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00