GeneXpert MTB/Rif to Diagnose Tuberculous Meningitis: Perhaps the First Test but not the Last

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1133-1135

  Bahr, Nathan C ^a   Marais, Suzaan ^b   Caws, Maxine ^c   Van Crevel, Reinout ^d   Wilkinson, Robert J ^b,e,f   Tyagi, Jaya S ^g   Thwaites, Guy E ^h,i   Boulware, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^h OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnosis; guideline; meningitis; perspective; Tuberculous

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIET NAM; XPERT MTB RIF ASSAY; GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

BACTERIAL DNA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84966540031     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw083     Document Type: Review

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