The New Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra: Improving Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Resistance to Rifampin in an Assay Suitable for Point-of-Care Testing - Chakravorty, Soumitesh; Simmons, Ann Marie; Rowneki, Mazhgan; Parmar, Heta; Cao, Yuan; Ryan, Jamie; Banada, Padmapriya P.; Deshpande, Srinidhi; Shenai, Shubhada; Gall, Alexander; Glass, Jennifer; Krieswirth, Barry; et al. (mBio, 2017)
Keywords: Antibiotics, Antitubercular - pharmacology; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases - genetics; Humans; Limit of Detection; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques - methods; Mutation; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; Point-of-Care Testing; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Rifampin - pharmacology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sputum - microbiology; Tuberculosis - diagnosis; Tuberculosis - microbiology; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology; diagnosis; sensitive; tuberculosis; Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra