Asif Hanif

Efficacy of GeneXpert in Diagnosing Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Comparison to Culture

Muhammad Kashif Munir, Iftikhar Ali, Ahsan Sattar Sheikh, Arif Malik, Asif Hanif, Sana Rehman, Samina Khaliq Munir & Qurban Ali · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2021

Objectives: Aim of present study is to observe the efficiency of GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay in comparison to MTB culture on Lowenstein Jensen media in diagnosis of smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis cases. Methods: This descriptive study was carried out in The University of Lahor...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i50A33376

Accuracy of GeneXpert in Diagnosis of Smear Negative Tuberculosis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Muhammad Kashif Munir, Sana Rehman, Ayesha Aftab, Naeem Asghar, Akhtar Ali, Netasha Nazar, Muhammad Amer Nazir & Asif Hanif · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2022

Objective: This study was aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of GeneXpert in smear negative as compared to smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Methods: This comparative cross sectional study was undertaken at Health Research Institute (National Institute of Heal...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jpri/2022/v34i24B35947