How useful is GeneXpert MTB/RIF PCR test in diagnosing urinary tuberculosis
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Suspected of having urinary tuberculosis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/02/007758
- Lead Sponsor
- Christian Medical College Vellore
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
irritative lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) like urgency, urgency incontinence, frequency and nocturia, patients with genital stigmata of tuberculosis, sterile pyuria, microscopic/gross hematuria otherwise unexplained, clinical suspicion of tuberculosis, imaging or invasive investigation findings suggestive of urinary TB, symptoms or imaging findings suggestive of urinary TB in newly diagnosed other systemic TB
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with history of recently completed anti tubercular treatment
Patients diagnosed with non tubercular mycobacterial infection
Patients with previous intra-vesical Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) therapy will be excluded from the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sensitivity and specificity of index testTimepoint: 31 December 2016
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparision of efficacy of Index test with the available standard screening test (AFB smear)Timepoint: 31 December 2016