Effectiveness of Histopathological Examination of Ultrasound-guided Puncture Biopsy Samples for Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
CONCLUSION: Ultrasound-guided puncture sampling is safe and effective for the diagnosis of EPTB. Compared with culture, smear, and Xpert, histopathological examination showed higher sensitivity but lower specificity. The combination of histopathology with Xpert showed the best performance characteristics.PMID:38582979 | DOI:10.3967/bes2024.017
Source: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences : BES - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Wen Fei Gu Xia Shi Xin Ma Jun Lei Yu Jin Chuan Xu Cheng Cheng Qian Zhi Dong Hu Hui Zhang Source Type: research