Analysis of current status and difficulties in tuberculosis laboratory diagnosis / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

The early and effective diagnosis is crucial to efficacious treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, especially for smear negative cases and MDR-TB, and is one of the priorities of global tuberculosis control and prevention. The traditional methods which have been used for decades of years, show many well-known drawbacks, in terms of fast speed and time consuming. Recently, some new promising diagnostic methods emerged, which have been expected to optimize the diagnosis of tuberculosis, especially for MDR-TB.