Xpert MTB/XDR: A ten-color reflex assay suitable for point of care settings to detect isoniazid-, fluoroquinolone-, and second line injectable drug-resistance directly from Mycobacterium tuberculosis positive sputum.
Y. Cao, H. Parmar, R. Gaur, S. Raghunath, D. Lieu, N. Via, S. Battagalia, D. M. Cirillo, C. Denkinger, S. B. Georghiou, R. Kwiatkowski, D. Persing, D. Alland, S. Chakravorty
The paper describes the development and evaluation of a 10-color Xpert MTB/XDR assay for rapid detection of drug resistance in tuberculosis directly from sputum samples.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2020Microbiology