Diagnostic challenges and Gene-Xpert utility in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis among suspected cases of pulmonary tuberculosis

• Main Authors: Shaila Kabir, M Tanveer Hossain Parash, Nor Amalina Emran, A B M Tofazzal Hossain, Sadia Choudhury Shimmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science 2021
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30037/1/Diagnostic%20challenges%20and%20Gene-Xpert%20utility%20in%20detecting%20Mycobacterium%20tuberculosis%20among%20suspected%20cases%20of%20pulmonary%20tuberculosis%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30037/2/Diagnostic%20challenges%20and%20Gene-Xpert%20utility%20in%20detecting%20Mycobacterium%20tuberculosis%20among%20suspected%20cases%20of%20pulmonary%20tuberculosis%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30037/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251858; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251858

The incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) can be reduced by preventing transmission with rapid and precise case detection and early treatment. The Gene-Xpert MTB/RIF assay is a useful tool for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) with rifampicin resistance within approximately two hours by...