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Comparative Study
. 2015 Jun;19(6):676-8.
doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0867.

A comparison of the Xpert(®) MTB/RIF and GenoType(®) MTBDRplus assays in Georgia

N Bablishvili  1 , N Tukvadze  1 , Z Avaliani  1 , H M Blumberg  2 , R R Kempker  2
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Comparative Study

A comparison of the Xpert(®) MTB/RIF and GenoType(®) MTBDRplus assays in Georgia

N Bablishvili et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

Few studies have directly compared the performance of rapid molecular diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB). We found that the commercially available molecular diagnostic tests Xpert(®) MTB/RIF and GenoType(®) MTBDRplus both provided timely and accurate results compared to conventional phenotypic tests in detecting TB and rifampicin resistance.

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Sputum Culture, Xpert TB/RIF, and MTBDRplus Assays Results
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