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Rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis with Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin assay

Author(s) -

Yan Li,

Yu Pang,

Tianhua Zhang,

Xiaoping Xian,

Xidi Wang,

Jian Yang,

Rui Wang,

Meiling Chen,

Wei Chen

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1473-5644

pISSN - 0022-2615

DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000522

Subject(s) - medicine , rifampicin , gold standard (test) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , predictive value , genexpert mtb/rif , tuberculosis diagnosis , drug resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , pathology , biology

XpertMycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin (Xpert MTB/RIF) assay has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), while the sensitivity and specificity have not been fully evaluated. We aimed to evaluate the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in the detection of different extrapulmonary specimens.

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