Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory Specimens▿

Autor:	Joven Cumpio, Susan M. Novak-Weekley, Jonathan S. Carlson, Mark Pandori, Susan E. Sharp, Masae Kawamura, Elizabeth M. Marlowe, Michelle A. Momeny, Anna Babst
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Microbiology (medical) Bacteriological Techniques GeneXpert MTB/RIF Tuberculosis biology business.industry Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes Mycobacterium tuberculosis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology United States Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Medicine Humans business Tuberculosis Pulmonary Research use only
Popis:	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:	OpenAIRE
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