Evaluation of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF in patients with presumptive tuberculous meningitis.

Tatiana MetcalfJaime SoriaSilvia M MontanoEduardo TiconaCarlton A EvansLuz HuarotoMatthew KasperEric S RamosNicanor MoriPodjanee JittamalaKesinee ChotivanichIrwin F ChavezPratap SinghasivanonSasithon PukrittayakameeJoseph R Zunt

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Compared with traditional culture-based methods of CSF testing, GeneXpert had similar yield and faster results for both the detection of M. tuberculosis and drug-susceptibility testing. Including use of the GeneXpert has the capacity to improve the diagnosis of TBM cases.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
cerebrospinal fluid
hiv aids
drug induced