Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF for detection of tuberculosis from blood samples of HIV-infected adults confirms Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia as an indicator of poor prognosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2311-2316

  Feasey, Nicholas A ^a,b   Banada, Padmapriya P ^c   Howson, William ^d   Sloan, Derek J ^a,b   Mdolo, Aaron ^a   Boehme, Catharina ^e   Chipungu, Geoffrey A ^a   Allain, Theresa J ^a   Heyderman, Robert S ^a,d   Corbett, Elizabeth L ^a,f   Alland, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAWI; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84879435116     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00330-13     Document Type: Article

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