Xpert Ultra can unambiguously identify specific rifampin resistance-conferring mutations

Kamela C. S. Ng, Armand van Deun, Conor J. Meehan, Gabriela Torrea, Michele Driesen, Siemon Gabriels, Leen Rigouts, Emmanuel Andre, Bouke C. de Jong

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Original languageEnglish
Article numberUNSP e00686-18
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume56
Issue number9
Number of pages4
ISSN0095-1137
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra
  • rifampin-resistant tuberculosis
  • rpoB mutations
  • disputed mutations
  • Ultra probes
  • melt peak temperature (T-m)
  • melting temperature shift (Delta T-m)
  • TUBERCULOSIS
  • ELIMINATION

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