Medical Diagnostics Training Platform
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Tuberculosis
A positive TB skin test or TB blood test only tells that a person has been infected with TB bacteria. It does not tell whether the person has latent TB infection (LTBI) or has progressed to TB disease. Other tests are needed to see whether the person has TB disease. The table below is a summary of different diagnostic tests conducting at community level:
| Diagnostic Test | Products | Platform | Test Purpose | Product |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lateral Flow Mycobacterial Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) tests for TB (TB-LAM) | Alere Determine TB LAM Ag | The Alere Determine™ TB LAM Ag test | The Alere Determine™ TB LAM Ag test is available at the point-of-care, to screen for active TB in HIV positive patients, and provides results in minutes. | Click here |
| Trunat | Truenat™ MTB | Truelab™ Real Time Quantitative micro PCR Analyzers (Truelab UnoDx, Truelab DuoDx and Truelab QuattroDx micro-PCR machines) | Chip based Quantitative detection and diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) | Click here |
| Trunat | Truenat™ MTB Plus | Truelab™ Real Time Quantitative micro PCR Analyzers (Truelab UnoDx, Truelab DuoDx and Truelab QuattroDx micro-PCR machines) | Truenat™ MTB Plus (REF 601130005 / 601130020) is a chip-based Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test for the semiquantitative detection and diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Click here |
| Truenat | Truenat™ MTB Rif Dx | Truelab™ Real Time Quantitative micro PCR Analyzers (Truelab UnoDx, Truelab DuoDx and Truelab QuattroDx micro-PCR machines) | Test detects the presence of major mutations (SNPs) in the MTB genome that are known to cause®resistance to rifampicin. | Click here |