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Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory Specimens

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02214-10

Authors: Elizabeth M. Marlowe, Susan M. Novak-Weekley, Joven Cumpio, Susan E. Sharp, Michelle A. Momeny, Anna Babst, Jonathan S. Carlson, Masae Kawamura, Mark Pandori

Institutions: Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Language: English

Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2162838140

FWCI: 19.1

Cites: 8

Cited by: 263

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