Misdiagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacteria as tuberculous by the GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra: Fact or fiction?

Affiliations

• ¹ National Health Laboratory Service, Green Point TB-Laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ² SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Science, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ³ Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ⁴ Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.