Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions

J Meghji, K Mortimer, A Agusti, BW Allwood, I Asher… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionately high burden of
the global morbidity and mortality caused by chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), including …

Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults

JS Zifodya, I Schiller, N Dendukuri… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert MTB/RIF) and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra), the
newest version, are the only World Health Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid tests …

Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis

JS Zifodya, JS Kreniske, I Schiller… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) are World Health
Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid tests that simultaneously detect tuberculosis and …

[HTML][HTML] The rapid molecular test Xpert MTB/RIF ultra: towards improved tuberculosis diagnosis and rifampicin resistance detection

O Opota, J Mazza-Stalder, G Greub, K Jaton - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Tuberculosis diagnosis has dramatically improved since the introduction of the
rapid molecular test Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) detecting M. tuberculosis and rifampicin …

Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in smear-negative extrapulmonary samples

D Perez-Risco, D Rodriguez-Temporal… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTUBC) in clinical samples is
essential for successful treatment. New techniques such as real-time PCR have been …

[HTML][HTML] When do co-infections matter?

AJ McArdle, A Turkova… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
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Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculosis in an HIV-endemic setting with a high burden of previous tuberculosis: a two-cohort diagnostic …

H Mishra, BWP Reeve, Z Palmer, J Caldwell… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) is a new test for tuberculosis undergoing
global roll-out. We assessed the performance of Ultra compared with Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid, point-of-care diagnosis of tuberculosis with novel Truenat assay: cost-effectiveness analysis for India's public sector

DJ Lee, N Kumarasamy, SC Resch… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Truenat is a novel molecular assay that rapidly detects tuberculosis (TB) and
rifampicin-resistance. Due to the portability of its battery-powered testing platform, it may be …

Added value of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a low-prevalence setting

O Opota, F Zakham, J Mazza-Stalder… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) for direct molecular detection of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and rifampin resistance from clinical specimens has dramatically improved the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay on rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

X Wu, G Tan, R Gao, L Yao, D Bi, Y Guo, F Yu… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the diagnostic performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for EPTB
(Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis) patients on different types of extrapulmonary specimens from …