Multicenter evaluation of xpert MTB/RIF ultra tests reporting detection of "Trace" of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
DNA
Int J Mycobacteriol
.
2021 Jan-Mar;10(1):101-103.
doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_200_20.
Authors
Ester Mazzola
1
,
Paola Dal Monte
2
,
Claudio Piersimoni
3
,
Annalisa Del Giudice
4
,
Anna Camaggi
5
,
Cristina Pedrotti
6
,
Francesca Gurrieri
7
,
Cristina Russo
8
,
Claudio Farina
9
,
Alessandra Lombardi
10
,
Pietro Viggiani
11
,
Elio Cenci
12
,
Salvatore Nisticò
13
,
Vanina Rognoni
14
,
Eugenio Sala
15
,
Paola Cichero
16
,
Eliana Frizzera
17
,
Vincenzina Monzillo
18
,
Fulvia Morini
19
,
Claudio Scarparo
20
,
Emanuele Borroni
16
,
Daniela M Cirillo
16
,
Enrico Tortoli
16
Affiliations
1
ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
2
S. Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic, Bologna, Italy.
3
Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
4
AO dei Colli, Naples, Italy.
5
AOU Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara, Italy.
6
APSS S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
7
ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
8
Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Roma, Italy.
9
Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
10
ASST Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy.
11
ASST della Valtellina e alto Lario, Sondalo, Italy.
12
S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
13
Pugliese Ciaccio Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy.
14
ASST Lodi, Lodi, Italy.
15
S. Anna Hospital, Como, Italy.
16
IRCCS S. Raffaele, Hospital, Milan, Italy.
17
Centrale Hospital, Bolzano, Italy.
18
IRCCS S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
19
S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
20
AULSS Serenissima, Mestre, Italy.
PMID:
33707382
DOI:
10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_200_20
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Multicenter Study
MeSH terms
Antibiotics, Antitubercular* / therapeutic use
DNA
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis* / genetics
Rifampin
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sputum
Substances
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
DNA
Rifampin