GeneXpert on patients with human immunodeficiency virus and smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis.

Nguyen Kim CuongNguyen Bao NgocNguyen Binh HoaQuoc Dat VuNguyen Viet Nhung

Published in: PloS one (2021)

The performance of Xpert MTB/RIF in HIV-infected patients with SNTB for the diagnosis of TB and RIF-resistance was low. Further studies are required to evaluate the results of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in HIV-infected patients with SNTB and the role of Xpert repetition on the same specimens.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv infected
human immunodeficiency virus
antiretroviral therapy
mycobacterium tuberculosis
hiv positive
hiv aids
high throughput
hepatitis c virus
case control
fine needle aspiration