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Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory Specimens
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EngineeringMycobacterium Tuberculosis ComplexDirect DetectionPathologyNucleic Acid Amplification TestDiagnosticsMedical MicrobiologyRespiratory SpecimensDiagnostic TestMycobacterium TuberculosisPreventive TreatmentTuberculosis DiagnosticsInfection ControlLaboratory MedicineMolecular DiagnosticsAntimicrobial ResistancePulmonary TuberculosisGenexpert Mtb/rifTuberculosisClinical MicrobiologyMycoproteinWestern United StatesMicrobiologyMedicineDiagnostic Microbiology
A total of 217 specimens submitted for routine smear and culture from three different sites within the western United States were used to evaluate the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay (for research use only) (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA). Overall agreement compared to culture was 89% (98% for smear positives and 72% for smear negatives) for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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