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September 10, 2025Eurasian Journal of Medicine and OncologyOpen Access

Analysis of the detection efficacy of Xpert MTB/RIF, Lowenstein–Jensen medium culture, and fluorescence smear microscopy methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis diagnosis

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YDYing DongCZChangcheng ZhaoXZXiaodan Zha

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This study compares diagnostic efficacy of xpert, fluorescence smear microscopy, and lowenstein jensen culture in tuberculosis detection.

Key Points

  • Xpert demonstrated the highest positive detection rate for tuberculosis among sputum samples.
  • In comparison, fluorescence smear microscopy showed significantly lower sensitivity and a positive rate about half of xpert's.
  • Lowenstein jensen medium culture missed some positives found by other methods, indicating method overlap.
  • Fluorescence smear microscopy is the least costly but has the lowest detection sensitivity overall.

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Dong et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c2409bb210217d6479bffdhttps://doi.org/10.36922/ejmo025160130
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