Ability of genotypical method to make assesment of tuberculosis infection hotbed

Conclusions: Culture test on the L-J media is more specific and allows to detect additionally more than 10% of TB patients, the result of correlation analysis gives an opportunity to recommend the use of the data of genotyping test Xpert MBT/RIF with indication of quantitative characteristics for prediction of level of bacterial excrection, early assessment of the danger of the hotbed of TB infection for planning of epidemiological surveillance and infection control.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: research