Xpert MTB/RIF Results in Patients With Previous Tuberculosis: Can We Distinguish True From False Positive Results?

Background. Patients with previous tuberculosis may have residual DNA in sputum that confounds nucleic acid amplification tests such as Xpert MTB/RIF. Little is known about the frequency of Xpert-positive, culture-negative (“false positive”) results in retreatment patients, whether these are disting...

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Gepubliceerd in:Clin Infect Dis
Hoofdauteurs: Theron, Grant, Venter, Rouxjeane, Calligaro, Greg, Smith, Liezel, Limberis, Jason, Meldau, Richard, Chanda, Duncan, Esmail, Aliasgar, Peter, Jonny, Dheda, Keertan
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Taal:Inglês
Gepubliceerd in: Oxford University Press 2016
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Online toegang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4803105/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26908793
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ1223
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