A novel sample processing method for rapid detection of tuberculosis in the stool of pediatric patients using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Banada, Padmapriya P ^a   Naidoo, Uvistra ^b,f   Deshpande, Srinidhi ^a   Karim, Farina ^b   Flynn, Joanne L ^c   O'Malley, Melanie ^c   Jones, Martin ^d   Nanassy, Oliver ^e   Jeena, Prakash ^b   Alland, David ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CEPHEID   (United States)

^e University of Cape Town ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID TEST; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CHILD; FECES; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84962069644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151980     Document Type: Article

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