• 1.Gansu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou 730000, China;2.Evidence-based Medicine Center of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;3.Tuberculosis Research Center of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 73000, China4.The Health Public School of Hopkins University, Washington 074100, U.S.A;
YANG Kehu, Email: yangkh2006@163.com
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Objective  To evaluate the diagnostic value of all diagnostic tests for detecting armazide resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Methods  We searched PUBMED, EMBASE, CBM, CSJD and CJFD. QUADAS items were used to evaluate the quality of included studies. Meta-disc software was used to handle data from included studies.
Results  Twelve studies were included. Meta-analyses showed that the summary sensitivity and summary specificity of nitrate reductase assay were 92% and 99%, and those of BACTEC MGIT 960 system were 93% and 96%, respectively. The SROC of nitrate reductase assay and BACTEC MGIT 960 system were 0.9836 and 0.9862, respectively.
Conclusion   We recommend that proportion method can be replaced by nitrate reductase assay as a screening test for detecting armazide resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis, and BACTEC 460 can be replaced by BACTEC MGIT 960 system as a final diagnostic test for detecting armazide resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Citation: ZHANG Junyu,TIAN Jinhui,JIANG Lei,ZHANG Yin,YANG Sunhu,YU Hongjuan,YANG Kehu. Diagnostic Value of all Diagnostic Tests for Detecting Armazide Resistance in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2008, 08(10): 869-874. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20080192 Copy

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