Diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis is greatly improved by Xpert MTB/RIF.

Giulia LombardiValentina Di GregoriNicolò GiromettiMarina TadoliniFrancesco BisogninPaola Dal Monte

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Xpert MTB/RIF is a sensitive method for rapid diagnosis of TB compared to the conventional ZN staining. Xpert can serve as a sensitive and time-saving diagnostic method for microbiological diagnosis of smear-negative TB in countries with a low TB prevalence.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
risk factors
heavy metals
hepatitis c virus
electronic health record
drug induced