DETERMINE™ HIV-1/2

Key Features

DETERMINE™ TB LAM Ag

Saving lives with early TB diagnosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV).

The Determine™ TB LAM Ag test empowers you, at the point-of-care, to screen for active TB in HIV positive patients, providing results in just minutes.

This rapid test detects the LAM antigen (lipoarabinomannan) in urine samples, assisting you in your TB screening to rule-in sooner than traditional methods and enabling earlier treatment for your patient.

BENEFITS

The Determine™ TB LAM Ag test empowers you, at the point-of-care, to screen for active TB in HIV positive patients, providing results in just minutes.

Offers optimal performance in HIV positive patients with advanced immunosuppression.

A useful tool for detecting sputum smear negative patients.

Diagnose both pulmonary and extra pulmonary TB from one convenient urine sample.

Uses unprocessed urine as the validated sample type.

LAM, lipoarabinomannan, is a structurally important component of the outer cell wall of mycobacteria that is shed from metabolically active or degrading cells, is cleared by the kidney and detectable in urine.

Results in 25 minutes.

Product Information

Item

Description

Method

Lateral flow

Time to results

25 minutes

Storage conditions

2 – 30°C

Shelf-life

18 months

Sample types

Urine (unprocessed)

SENSITIVITY & SPECIFICITY

SPECIFICITY

98.6%

Sensitivity1

(%) 39.0% 51.7% 66.7%

59% increase in diagnostic yield when LAM is combined with sputum smear microscopy.2

PRODUCT CODE

SENSITIVITY & SPECIFICITY

SPECIFICITY

98.6%

Sensitivity1

(%) 39.0% 51.7% 66.7%

59% increase in diagnostic yield when LAM is combined with sputum smear microscopy.2

PRODUCT CODE

Loadability Info

Carton Box

Kit Content

25 test units Reference Scale Card Package Insert