Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Gold standard (test)

  1. Review outlines imaging roles in spinal tuberculosis
    A comprehensive review of imaging modalities for spinal tuberculosis diagnosis and monitoring, emphasizing MRI as gold standard and emerging techniques for characterization.
  2. Four TBM scoring systems have external validation
    Systematic review of 21 tuberculous meningitis diagnostic scoring systems, identifying 4 with external validation and recommending Thwaites and Marais scores as first-line screening tools.
  3. tNGS accurately detected tuberculosis and drug resistance in non-sputum samples
    Nanopore-based targeted sequencing demonstrates 93% sensitivity and specificity for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis and drug resistance from non-sputum specimens in multicenter Chinese study.