Erschienen in:
31.03.2020 | Brief Report
Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for rapid diagnosis of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in an Italian center
verfasst von:
Melissa Menichini, Nicoletta Lari, Antonella Lupetti, Laura Rindi
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
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Ausgabe 8/2020
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Excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major infectious disease worldwide. In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 1.3 million deaths and 10.0 million new cases [
1]. Rapid detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and determination of resistance, based on nucleic acid amplification techniques carried out directly on clinical samples, are essential for early diagnosis and treatment [
2,
3]. Since 2010, the WHO recommended the use of Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA), which could simultaneously detect MTBC and RIF resistance conferred by the
rpoB gene mutations within 2 h [
4‐
7]. Recently, the new version Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) has been developed in order to overcome some limitations of the Xpert assay [
8]. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the performance of the Ultra assay for pulmonary and extra-pulmonary samples in a region of Italy with low TB incidence. …