ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2020
Usefulness of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra to Rapidly Diagnose Sputum Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis Using Bronchial Washing Fluid.
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- Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluating the efficacy of stool sample on Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and its comparison with other sample types by meta-analysis for TB diagnostics.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2022Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance of Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra among smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis cases in southwestern Oromia, Ethiopia.IJID regions · 2026Article
- A one-pot biplex RPA-Cas assay for sensitive detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from tongue swabs.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra performance on bronchial specimens in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in Vancouver, Canada.Journal of medical microbiology · 2025Article
- Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF and acid-fast bacilli smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using bronchoalveolar lavage samples in negative or sputum-scarce adults in Colombia: a retrospective diagnostic accuracy study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of BD MAX MDR-TB Assay Performed on Bronchoscopy Specimens in Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2025Article
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- Bronchoscopic Strategies to Improve Diagnostic Yield in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Nanopore Sequencing for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis Using Negative Smear Clinical Specimens.Infection and drug resistance · 2024Article
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Abstract
This study evaluated the performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay (Xpert Ultra) to detect smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Xpert Ultra assay was prospectively performed using bronchial washing fluid (BWF) in comparison to COBAS TaqMan MTB (COBAS) assay and mycobacterial culture. Of the 165 enrolled participants, 27 (16.4%) had PTB based on composite reference standard and 16 (9.7%) had culture-confirmed PTB. By the composite reference standard of PTB, the sensitivity of Xpert Ultra (63.0, 95% confidence interval, CI, 42.4-80.6%) was higher than the COBAS assay (25.9%,
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