Reply to "described diagnostic inconsistencies were observed with an obsolete version of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and are unlikely to recur in the current version of the assay"

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Akos Somoskovi et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Feb.

. 2014 Feb;52(2):705.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.02682-13.

¹ Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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Diagnostic implications of inconsistent results obtained with the Xpert MTB/Rif assay in detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with an rpoB mutation associated with low-level rifampin resistance.
Somoskovi A, Deggim V, Ciardo D, Bloemberg GV. Somoskovi A, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Sep;51(9):3127-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01377-13. Epub 2013 Jul 12. J Clin Microbiol. 2013. PMID: 23850949 Free PMC article.
Described diagnostic inconsistencies were observed with an obsolete version of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and are unlikely to recur in the current version of the assay.
Blakemore R, Alland D. Blakemore R, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Feb;52(2):704. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02575-13. J Clin Microbiol. 2014. PMID: 24478521 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

1. Somoskovi A, Deggim V, Ciardo D, Bloemberg GV. 2011. Diagnostic implications of inconsistent results obtained with the Xpert MTB/Rif assay in detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with an rpoB mutation associated with low-level rifampin resistance. J. Clin. Microbiol. 51:93127–93129. 10.1128/JCM.01377-13 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
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