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. 2016 Mar;54(3):809-11.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02806-15. Epub 2016 Jan 13.

Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cerebrospinal Fluid

F Pink  1 , T J Brown  2 , K Kranzer  3 , F Drobniewski  4
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Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cerebrospinal Fluid

F Pink et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

Studies investigating Xpert MTB/RIF diagnostic performance on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples are lacking in resource-rich settings. Xpert MTB/RIF results for 740 CSF samples from 698 patients across England were retrospectively compared with the results of culture of the same and contemporary samples. The overall sensitivity was calculated at 55%.

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