Xpert MTB/RIF^® assay for the diagnosis of HIV-related tuberculous meningitis in São Paulo, Brazil

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 Jun 1;22(6):706-707. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0191.

Authors

Renata Guise Azevedo¹, Fernanda Suyama Dinallo¹, Laryssa Sanches de Laurentis¹, David R Boulware², José Ernesto Vidal³

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Infectologia Emilio Ribas, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
² University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN, USA.
³ Instituto de Infectologia Emilio Ribas, São Paulo SP, Brazil, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical São Paulo SP, Brazil <email></email>, Email: josevibe@gmail.com.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Brazil
HIV Infections / complications*
Humans
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tuberculosis, Meningeal / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Meningeal / etiology

Grants and funding

R01 NS086312/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States