Blakemore, R.; Nabeta, P.; Davidow, A.L.; Vadwai, V.; Tahirli, R.; Munsamy, V.; Nicol, M.; Jones, M.; Persing, D.H.; Hillemann, D.; Ruesch-Gerdes, S.; Leisegang, F.; Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo; Rodrigues, C.; Boehme, C.C.; Perkins, M.D.; Alland, D.
(American Thoracic Society, 2011)
Rationale: The Xpert MTB/RIF is an automated molecular test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis that estimates bacterial burden by measuring the threshold-cycle (Ct) of its M. tuberculosis-specific real-time polymerase chain ...