Diagnostic sensitivity of SILVAMP TB-LAM (FujiLAM) point-of-care urine assay for extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in people living with HIV
- Andrew D. Kerkhoff1,9,
- Bianca Sossen2,3,9,
- Charlotte Schutz2,3,
- Elena Ivanova Reipold4,
- Andre Trollip4,
- Emmanuel Moreau4,
- Samuel G. Schumacher4,
- Rosie Burton5,
- Amy Ward2,3,
- Mark P. Nicol6,7,
- Graeme Meintjes2,3,
- Claudia M. Denkinger4,8,10 and
- Tobias Broger4,10
- 1Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- 2Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- 3Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- 4FIND, Geneva, Switzerland
- 5Southern African Medical Unit, Médecins sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa
- 6Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- 7Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- 8Division of Tropical Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- 9Contributed equally
- 10Contributed equally
- Dr Andrew D. Kerkhoff. E-mail: andrew.kerkhoff{at}ucsf.edu
Footnotes
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Conflict of interest: D. Kerkhoff
Conflict of interest: Bianca Sossen
Conflict of interest: Charlotte Schutz
Conflict of interest: Dr. Reipold has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Andre Trollip
Conflict of interest: Emmanuel Moreau
Conflict of interest: G. Schumacher
Conflict of interest: Rosie Burton
Conflict of interest: Amy Ward
Conflict of interest: P. Nicol
Conflict of interest: Graeme Meintjes
Conflict of interest: Dr. Denkinger reports and CMD is a former employee of FIND. FIND is a non-for-profit foundation, whose mission is to find diagnostic solutions to overcome diseases of poverty in LMICs. It works closely with the private and public sectors and receives funding from some of its industry partners. It has organisational firewalls to protect it against any undue influences in its work or the publication of its findings. All industry partnerships are subject to review by an independent Scientific Advisory Committee or another independent review body, based on due diligence, TTPs and public sector requirements. FIND catalyses product development, leads evaluations, takes positions, and accelerates access to tools identified as serving its mission. It provides indirect support to industry (e.g., access to open specimen banks, a clinical trial platform, technical support, expertise, laboratory capacity strengthening in LMICs, etc.) to facilitate the development and use of products in these areas. FIND also
Conflict of interest: Tobias Broger
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- Received June 24, 2019.
- Accepted October 18, 2019.
- Copyright ©ERS 2019