Evaluation of the culture-enhanced Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis.

CONCLUSION: The XMTB-RIF assay used in 15-day broth cultures may provide a final culture result for smear-negative specimens. This process, combined with clinical signs, may contribute to rapidly diagnosing tuberculosis and also to the early reevaluation of empirical antituberculosis treatment. PMID: 30528069 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Med Mal Infect Source Type: research