Diagnostic performance of the AID line probe assay in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and drug resistance in Romanian patients with presumed TB.

Andrea RachowElmar SaathoffRoxana MindruOana PopescuDoinita LugojiBeatrice MahlerMatthias MerkerStefan NiemannIoana D OlaruSabine KastnerMichael HoelscherChristoph LangeElmira Ibraim

Published in: PloS one (2022)

The high proportion of invalid results precludes the use of the AID-assay from direct sputum-based tuberculosis and drug-resistance testing.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis
high throughput
quantum dots
loop mediated isothermal amplification
sensitive detection
antiretroviral therapy