Rapid and accurate detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF assay--a clinical validation study.

Rapid and accurate detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF assay--a clinical validation study.

<h4>Background</h4>A crucial impediment to global tuberculosis control is the lack of an accurate, rapid diagnostic test for detection of patients with active TB. A new, rapid diagnostic method, (Cepheid) Xpert MTB/RIF Assay, is an automated sample preparation and real-time PCR instrumen...

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Main Authors: Andrea Rachow, Alimuddin Zumla, Norbert Heinrich, Gabriel Rojas-Ponce, Bariki Mtafya, Klaus Reither, Elias N Ntinginya, Justin O'Grady, Jim Huggett, Keertan Dheda, Catharina Boehme, Mark Perkins, Elmar Saathoff, Michael Hoelscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21738575/?tool=EBI

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