Diagnostic accuracy of xpert MTB/RIF for extrapulmonary tuberculosis specimens: Establishing a laboratory testing algorithm for South Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1818-1823

  Scott, Lesley Erica ^a   Beylis, Natalie ^a,b   Nicol, Mark ^b,c   Nkuna, Gloria ^a   Molapo, Sebaka ^b   Berrie, Leigh ^b   Duse, Adriano ^a,b   Stevens, Wendy Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGAR; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CULTURE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; XPERT MTB/RIF; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BODY FLUID; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; INFANT; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BODY FLUIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901660832     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03553-13     Document Type: Article

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