Open AccessPerformance of Xpert MTB/RIF on Ascitic Fluid Samples for Detection of Abdominal Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Syed Beenish Rufai,
Sarman Singh,
Amit Singh,
Parveen Kumar,
Jitendra Singh,
Anand Vishal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of laboratory physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-7826
pISSN - 0974-2727
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2727.187927
Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , multiplex , tuberculosis , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , gold standard (test) , ascitic fluid , gastroenterology , microbiology and biotechnology , polymerase chain reaction , pathology , biology , ascites , bioinformatics , biochemistry , gene
Diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis (TB) from ascitic fluid samples using routinely available diagnostic methods is challenging due to its paucibacillary nature. Although performance of Xpert MTB/RIF assay has been evaluated extensively on pulmonary samples, its performance on extrapulmonary samples is still under evaluation.