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Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory Specimens

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 1621-1623

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02214-10

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A total of 217 specimens submitted for routine smear and culture from three different sites within the western United States were used to evaluate the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay (for research use only) (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA). Overall agreement compared to culture was 89% (98% for smear positives and 72% for smear negatives) for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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