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SUBMITTER: Shah M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7442848 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shah Maunank M Paradis Sonia S Betz Joshua J Beylis Natalie N Bharadwaj Renu R Caceres Tatiana T Gotuzzo Eduardo E Joloba Moses M Mave Vidya V Nakiyingi Lydia L Nicol Mark P MP Pradhan Neeta N King Bonnie B Armstrong Derek D Knecht Deborah D Maus Courtney E CE Cooper Charles K CK Dorman Susan E SE Manabe Yukari C YC
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20200801 5
<h4>Background</h4>Tuberculosis (TB) control is hindered by absence of rapid tests to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and detect isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RIF) resistance. We evaluated the accuracy of the BD MAX multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB assay (BD MAX) in South Africa, Uganda, India, and Peru.<h4>Methods</h4>Outpatient adults with signs/symptoms of pulmonary TB were prospectively enrolled. Sputum smear microscopy and BD MAX were performed on a single raw sputum, which was then p ...[more]