False-positive Xpert(®) MTB/RIF assays and previous treatment

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa. tomboyles@yahoo.com.
² Médecins Sans Frontières, Khayelitsha, South Africa.
³ Khayelitsha District Hospital, Khayelitsha, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Comment

Tom H Boyles et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Apr.

. 2015 Apr;19(4):495-6.

doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0800-2.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa. tomboyles@yahoo.com.
² Médecins Sans Frontières, Khayelitsha, South Africa.
³ Khayelitsha District Hospital, Khayelitsha, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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False-positive Xpert(®) MTB/RIF more than seven years after cure.
Stevenson DR, Biswas JR, Lievesley A, Quinn G, Buckley J, John L, Davidson RN. Stevenson DR, et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Oct;19(10):1264-5. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0419. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015. PMID: 26459550 No abstract available.

False-positive Xpert® MTB/RIF assays in previously treated patients: need for caution in interpreting results.
Boyles TH, Hughes J, Cox V, Burton R, Meintjes G, Mendelson M. Boyles TH, et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Jul;18(7):876-8. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0853. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014. PMID: 24902569
In reply to 'False-positive Xpert® MTB/RIF assays in previously treated patients'.
Steingart KR, Schiller I, Dendukuri N. Steingart KR, et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Mar;19(3):366-7. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0800. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015. PMID: 25686149 No abstract available.