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False Rifampicin Resistance in Xpert Ultra Applied to Lymph Node Aspirate: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT: A 36-year-old male patient was diagnosed with tuberculosis in Antwerp, Belgium, in May 2018. His lymph node aspirate initially tested rifampicin resistant in Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, but tested susceptible in all other tests including targeted deep sequencing due to a rare matrix effect in the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra reaction tube.

SUBMITTER: Ng KCS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7307434 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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False Rifampicin Resistance in Xpert Ultra Applied to Lymph Node Aspirate: A Case Report.

Ng Kamela C S KCS   Rigouts Leen L   de Jong Bouke C BC   Lynen Lutgarde L  

Open Forum Infectious Diseases 20200602 6

A 36-year-old male patient was diagnosed with tuberculosis in Antwerp, Belgium, in May 2018. His lymph node aspirate initially tested rifampicin resistant in Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, but tested susceptible in all other tests including targeted deep sequencing due to a rare matrix effect in the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra reaction tube. ...[more]