Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF in comparison with light-emitting diode-fluorescence microscopy and culture for detecting tuberculosis in pulmonary and extrapulmonary specimens in Bamako, Mali

Background: The diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) has mostly been relied on a long-used method called sputum smear microscopy. In 2010, Xpert MTB/RIF assay was approved by the World Health Organization for simultaneous TB diagnosis and detection of resistance. Our current study was undertaken to compar...

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Main Authors: Togo Antieme Combo Georges, Traore Aissata, Diallo Fatimata, Coulibaly Cheick Abou, Coulibaly Gagni, Somboro Anou Moise, Degoga Boureima, Somboro Amadou, Drame Hawa Baye, Dembele Bindongo Price Polycarpe, Kone Bourahima, Sanogo Moumine, Sarro Yeya Dit Sadio, Kodio Ousmane, Baya Bocar, Tolofoudie Mohamed, Traore Aissata Boubakar, Bane Sidy, Maiga Mamoudou, Belson Michael, Doumbia Seydou, Diarra Bassirou, I Maiga Ibrahima, Diallo Souleymane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2020;volume=9;issue=4;spage=397;epage=404;aulast=Combo