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Stool specimen for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in adults: a systematic review
Conclusion This systematic review could not conclude on the diagnostic accuracy of stool specimens for PTB diagnosis in adults. Further studies are required to evaluate the accuracy of stool specimens in adults to enable meta-analyses in updates of this review as well as other systematic reviews. PROSPERO registration number CRD42021245203.
Source: BMJ Open - April 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sultana, S., Afrin, S., Hasan, M., Ansar, A., Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. Tags: Open access, Infectious diseases Source Type: research

Diagnostic accuracy of urinary antigen tests for pneumococcal pneumonia among patients with acute respiratory failure suspected pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Conclusions The urinary antigen test is useful for achieving a definitive diagnosis of S. pneumoniae infection in patients with pneumonia.
Source: BMJ Open - August 11, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Yasuo, S., Murata, M., Nakagawa, N., Kawasaki, T., Yoshida, T., Ando, K., Okamori, S., Okada, Y., on behalf of the Japanese ARDS clinical practice guideline systematic review task force Tags: Open access, Respiratory medicine Source Type: research

Stool specimen for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in adults: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a significant health burden, most commonly affecting the lungs and referred to as pulmonary TB (PTB). Diagnostic techniques of PTB primarily rely on expectorated sputum samples. However, the diagnostic yields are often hindered due to insufficient volume and quality of the sputum specimens. Moreover, some individuals are unable to provide sputum samples due to scanty sputum production or difficulty in coughing up and require an invasive procedure to obtain a respiratory sample, such as bronchoscopic or gastric aspiration. Thus, challenges in the acquisition of respiratory spec...
Source: BMJ Open - August 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sultana, S., Ansar, A., Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. M. Tags: Open access, Infectious diseases Source Type: research

The utility of Google Trends data to examine interest in cancer screening
Conclusions Google Trends data provides enormous scientific possibilities, but are not a suitable substitute for, but may complement, traditional data collection and analysis about cancer screening and related interests.
Source: BMJ Open - June 8, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Schootman, M., Toor, A., Cavazos-Rehg, P., Jeffe, D. B., McQueen, A., Eberth, J., Davidson, N. O. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Health informatics, Public health Research Source Type: research