Performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay on nonrespiratory specimens and accuracy of this assay for detection of rifampin resistance in a low-prevalence setting.
Division of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Annette
A
Blaich
Reno
R
Frei
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*