Title

Interpreting very low Mycobacterium tuberculosis detected on Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin.

Authors

Ajbani, Kanchan; Naik, Swapna; Kazi, Mubin; Shetty, Anjali; Rodrigues, Camilla

Abstract

The development and rollout of the Xpert® Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin assay for the GeneXpert platform is considered an important breakthrough in the fight against tuberculosis. Xpert though robust is known to have issues that occur with very low load of tuberculosis detection, wherein it is recommended to confirm resistance if resistance is not suspected using another genotypic test.

Subjects

MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; NUCLEIC acid amplification techniques

Publication

Lung India, 2019, Vol 36, Issue 6, p555

ISSN

0970-2113

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_463_18