Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens.

Autor: Marlowe EM; Kaiser Permanente, SCPMG Regional Reference Labs, 11668 Sherman Way, North Hollywood, CA 91605, USA. elizabeth.m.marlowe@kp.org, Novak-Weekley SM, Cumpio J, Sharp SE, Momeny MA, Babst A, Carlson JS, Kawamura M, Pandori M
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2011 Apr; Vol. 49 (4), pp. 1621-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Feb 02.
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02214-10
Abstrakt: A total of 217 specimens submitted for routine smear and culture from three different sites within the western United States were used to evaluate the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay (for research use only) (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA). Overall agreement compared to culture was 89% (98% for smear positives and 72% for smear negatives) for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Databáze: MEDLINE