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Indication -
Tuberculosis (TB)
M. tuberculosis DNA
Assay formats
Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)
Status history
First added in 2018
Changed in 2020
Purpose type
Diagnosis
Purpose
To diagnose of active TB
Specimen types
Sputum
WHO prequalified or recommended products
The use of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (TB-LAMP) for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: policy guidance (2016) http://apps.who.int/iris/10665/249154
WHO supporting documents
Compendium of WHO guidelines and associated standards: Ensuring optimum delivery of the cascade of care for patients with tuberculosis, second edtion (2018) https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/272644
Implementing tuberculosis diagnostics: policy framework (2015) https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/162712
Codes
ICD11 code:
1B1Z
Summary of SAGE IVD recommendation
The selection of the disease specific diagnostics tests for the EDL took into account the relevant priority diseases for the WHO such as HIV infection, tuberculosis, malaria, viral hepatitis B and C, syphilis and HPV infection. For these diseases there are WHO guidelines and technical reports, including recommendations for the appropriate IVDs. These documents are the result of significant evidence review and formed the basis for the inclusion of these IVDs in the EDL.