Bacterial Loads Measured by the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay as Markers of Culture Conversion and Bacteriological Cure in Pulmonary TB.

Bacterial Loads Measured by the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay as Markers of Culture Conversion and Bacteriological Cure in Pulmonary TB.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Biomarkers are needed to monitor tuberculosis (TB) treatment and predict treatment outcomes. We evaluated the Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay as a biomarker for TB treatment during and at the end of the 24 weeks therapy.<h4>Methods</h4>Sputum from 108 HIV-neg...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shubhada Shenai, Katharina Ronacher, Stefanus Malherbe, Kim Stanley, Magdalena Kriel, Jill Winter, Thomas Peppard, Charles E Barry, Jing Wang, Lori E Dodd, Laura E Via, Clifton E Barry, Gerhard Walzl, David Alland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0160062&type=printable
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Be the first to leave a comment!
You must be logged in first

Similar Items