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: Source Type: research