Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis through Testing of Formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded Tissues

Biomed Environ Sci. 2019 Dec;32(12):922-925. doi: 10.3967/bes2019.115.

Authors

Wei Li DU¹, Jing Song¹, Jian Guo Wang², Zi Chen Liu¹, Kun Li¹, Yu Xuan Wang¹, Yu Jie Dong¹, Nan Ying Che¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing 101149, China.
² School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; Department of Medical Engineering, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 101149, China.

PMID: 31918797
DOI: 10.3967/bes2019.115

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Female
Formaldehyde*
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / physiology*
Paraffin Embedding*
Retrospective Studies
Rifampin / pharmacology*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tissue Fixation*
Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis / pathology

Substances

Formaldehyde
Rifampin