Reply to Murray et al., "Comparative Performance of BD MAX MDR-TB and Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assays"

Eiman M Mokaddas^{1

2}, Suhail Ahmad³, Hanaa S Eldeen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait.
² Kuwait TB Control Unit, Shuwaikh, Kuwait.
³ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait Suhail_ah@hsc.edu.kw.

Comment

Eiman M Mokaddas et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2019.

. 2019 Aug 26;57(9):e00984-19.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.00984-19. Print 2019 Sep.

Eiman M Mokaddas^{1

2}, Suhail Ahmad³, Hanaa S Eldeen²

¹ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait.
² Kuwait TB Control Unit, Shuwaikh, Kuwait.
³ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait Suhail_ah@hsc.edu.kw.

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Comment on

GeneXpert MTB/RIF Is Superior to BBD Max MDR-TB for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) in a Country with Low Incidence of Multidrug-Resistant TB (MDR-TB).
Mokaddas EM, Ahmad S, Eldeen HS. Mokaddas EM, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 May 24;57(6):e00537-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00537-19. Print 2019 Jun. J Clin Microbiol. 2019. PMID: 30971464 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Comparative Performance of BD MAX MDR-TB and Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assays.
Murray P, Cooper C, Maus C. Murray P, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Aug 26;57(9):e00779-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00779-19. Print 2019 Sep. J Clin Microbiol. 2019. PMID: 31451572 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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