Xpert MTB/RIF test for tuberculosis

Lancet. 2011 Aug 6;378(9790):481; author reply 482-3. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61242-7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / pharmacology
  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Humans
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Rifampin / pharmacology*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • Rifampin