Open AccessEvaluation of the diagnostic performance of the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay in pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples
Author(s) -
Mürşit Hasbek,
Ayşe Hümeyra Taşkın Kafa,
Cem Çelik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tuberkuloz ve toraks/tüberküloz ve toraks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0494-1373
DOI - 10.5578/tt.20219805
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary tuberculosis , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , predictive value , tuberculosis , gastroenterology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology
This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in the identification of M. tuberculosis in pulmonary and extrapulmonary clinical samples by taking the results of the BACTEC MGIT 960TB culture system as a reference.