Clinical validation of Xpert MTB/RIF for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) accounts for more than 20% of tuberculosis (TB) cases. Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) is a fully automated amplification system, for which excellent results in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in highly endemic countries have been recently reporte...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The European respiratory journal 2012-08, Vol.40 (2), p.442-447
Hauptverfasser:	TORTOLI, Enrico, RUSSO, Cristina, COLTELLA, Luana, LOMBARDI, Giulia, CIRILLO, Daniela M, PIERSIMONI, Claudio, MAZZOLA, Ester, DAL MONTE, Paola, PASCARELLA, Michela, BORRONI, Emanuele, MONDO, Alessandra, PIANA, Federica, SCARPARO, Claudio
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Automation Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Biopsy Child Child, Preschool Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Medical sciences Mycobacterium Nucleic Acids - metabolism Pneumology Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Sputum - microbiology Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - metabolism Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - metabolism
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