A comparison of the accuracy of the CapitalBio Mycobacterium real-time polymerase chain reaction and the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis | Zendy

Lihua Sun | Zendy; Liwei Yao | Zendy; Genlian Fu | Zendy; Lihua Lin | Zendy; Enlan Zhu | Zendy; Jinpeng Huang | Zendy

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A comparison of the accuracy of the CapitalBio Mycobacterium real-time polymerase chain reaction and the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Author(s) -

Lihua Sun,

Liwei Yao,

Genlian Fu,

Lihua Lin,

Enlan Zhu,

Jinpeng Huang

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.044

Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , gold standard (test) , tuberculous meningitis , predictive value , polymerase chain reaction , real time polymerase chain reaction , diagnostic accuracy , diagnostic test , mycobacterium , tuberculosis , pathology , biology , veterinary medicine , biochemistry , gene

We aimed to compare the efficiency of the CapitalBioMycobacterium real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection test with the standard Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM).

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