Rapid and Accurate Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum Samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay—A Clinical Validation Study

BACKGROUND: 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 instrument, which was shown...

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Autores principales: Rachow, Andrea, Zumla, Alimuddin, Heinrich, Norbert, Rojas-Ponce, Gabriel, Mtafya, Bariki, Reither, Klaus, Ntinginya, Elias N., O'Grady, Justin, Huggett, Jim, Dheda, Keertan, Boehme, Catharina, Perkins, Mark, Saathoff, Elmar, Hoelscher, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020458

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020458

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