Comparative evaluation of Truenat® MTB Plus assay and GeneXpert® MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A pilot study.

Publication date: Jun 27, 2026

A head-to-head comparison was made between Truenat(R) MTB Plus (TruPlus) vs. GeneXpert(R) MTB/RIF (Xpert MTB/RIF), wherein TruPlus exhibited slightly higher sensitivity (88. 9% vs. 83. 3%) than Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosing pulmonary TB individuals against MGIT-960, whereas significantly higher sensitivity (p 

Concepts Keywords
Genexpert CRS
Pilot MGIT-960
Pulmonary RIF-R
Sensitivity Sensitivity
Tuberculosis Specificity

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH extrapulmonary tuberculosis
disease MESH CRS

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