Xpert®MTB/RIF assay: development, evaluation and implementation of a new rapid molecular diagnostic for tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance

Xpert MTB/RIF®, a novel automated polymerase chain reaction–based tool for the diagnosis of tuberculosis [Technical note]

(2011) E. C. Bowles et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE

Comparison of Two Molecular Methods for Rapid Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

(2011) M. Causse et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2011) E. M. Marlowe et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Suitability of Xpert MTB/RIF and Genotype MTBDRplus for Patient Selection for a Tuberculosis Clinical Trial

(2011) S. O. Friedrich et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of the Xpert MTB/RIF Test with an IS6110-TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Specimens

(2011) S. Armand et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cepheid GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection and Rifampin Resistance Identification in Patients with Substantial Clinical Indications of Tuberculosis and Smear-Negative Microscopy Results

(2011) P. Ioannidis et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Molecular Detection of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by the Automated GeneXpert MTB/RIF System

(2011) D. Hillemann et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Xpert MTB/RIF: a New Pillar in Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis?

(2011) Viral Vadwai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Feasibility, diagnostic accuracy, and effectiveness of decentralised use of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistance: a multicentre implementation study

(2011) Catharina C Boehme et al.   LANCET

Tuberculosis

(2011) Stephen D Lawn et al.   LANCET

Screening for HIV-Associated Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance before Antiretroviral Therapy Using the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay: A Prospective Study

(2011) Stephen D. Lawn et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Tuberculosis Screening in Patients Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stretching Diagnostics to the Limits

(2010) S. D. Lawn et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Intensive Tuberculosis Screening for HIV‐Infected Patients Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in Durban, South Africa

(2010) Ingrid V. Bassett et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Evaluation of the Analytical Performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay

(2010) R. Blakemore et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Containment of Bioaerosol Infection Risk by the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay and Its Applicability to Point-of-Care Settings

(2010) P. P. Banada et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and Rifampin Resistance in Smear-Negative Clinical Samples by Use of an Integrated Real-Time PCR Method

(2010) R. Moure et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Tuberculosis control and elimination 2010–50: cure, care, and social development

(2010) Knut Lönnroth et al.   LANCET

Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: a threat to global control of tuberculosis

(2010) Neel R Gandhi et al.   LANCET

Tuberculosis Diagnosis — Time for a Game Change

(2010) Peter M. Small et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

(2010) Catharina C. Boehme et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Epidemic Levels of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR and XDR-TB) in a High HIV Prevalence Setting in Khayelitsha, South Africa

(2010) Helen S. Cox et al.   PLoS One

Urine lipoarabinomannan assay for tuberculosis screening before antiretroviral therapy diagnostic yield and association with immune reconstitution disease

(2009) Stephen D Lawn et al.   AIDS

Structured approaches for the screening and diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis in a high prevalence region of South Africa

(2009) Mark Hatherill et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Novel and Improved Technologies for Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Progress and Challenges

(2009) Madhukar Pai et al.   CLINICS IN CHEST MEDICINE

Rapid Detection ofMycobacterium tuberculosisand Rifampin Resistance by Use of On-Demand, Near-Patient Technology

(2009) Danica Helb et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Epidemiological benefits of more-effective tuberculosis vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics

(2009) L. J. Abu-Raddad et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Epidemiology of HIV-associated tuberculosis

(2009) Stephen D Lawn et al.   Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Commercial Nucleic-Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens: Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression

(2008) Daphne I. Ling et al.   PLoS One