Comparison of CapitalBio™ Mycobacterium nucleic acid detection test and Xpert MTB/RIF assay for rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Publication date: Available online 18 November 2019Source: Journal of Microbiological MethodsAuthor(s): Guocan Yu, Yanqin Shen, Bo Ye, Da Chen, Kan XuAbstractThe CapitalBio™ Mycobacterium nucleic acid detection test is a real-time fluorescent polymerase chain reaction and TaqMan probe technology test for rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). This test had moderate sensitivity and high specificity for EPTB, like that of Xpert MTB/RIF, especially for lymph node, chest wall, and purulent fluid samples.
Source: Journal of Microbiological Methods - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research