title: Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Assay in Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis by Use of Pleural Fluid Samples.
abstract: Prospectively, 162 pleural fluid samples from patients with probable tuberculous pleural effusion were tested by the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and the Bactec MGIT-960 culture system. Of these, 43 (26.5%) were positive in the MGIT-960 culture, and 23 (14.2%), in the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. The sensitivity and specificity of the Xpert MTB/RIF compared with the MGIT-960 culture were 54.8% and 100%, respectively.
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors: Syed Beenish
authors: SB
authors: Rufai
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors: Amit
authors: A
authors: Singh
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors: Parveen
authors: P
authors: Kumar
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors: Jitendra
authors: J
authors: Singh
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India sarman_singh@yahoo.com.
authors: Sarman
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-9647
authors: S
authors: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D010994:Pleura / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology