Comparison of quantitative techniques including Xpert MTB/RIF to evaluate mycobacterial burden.

Comparison of quantitative techniques including Xpert MTB/RIF to evaluate mycobacterial burden.

Accurate quantification of mycobacterial load is important for the evaluation of patient infectiousness, disease severity and monitoring treatment response in human and in-vitro laboratory models of disease. We hypothesized that newer techniques would perform as well as solid media culture to quanti...

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Main Authors: Richard N van Zyl-Smit, Anke Binder, Richard Meldau, Hridesh Mishra, Patricia L Semple, Grant Theron, Jonathan Peter, Andrew Whitelaw, Suren K Sharma, Robin Warren, Eric D Bateman, Keertan Dheda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3245241?pdf=render

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