Highlight: New TB diagnostic proves effective, expedient, study finds
GENEVA, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A study(1) published in The New England Journal of Medicine today reports that a new molecular tuberculosis (TB) test, Xpert® MTB/RIF, provides highly sensitive detection of tuberculosis and drug resistance in low resource settings more easily and in significantly less time than any current, widely used diagnostic. The study, conducted by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), showed that the Xpert® MTB/RIF test successfully identified 98% of all culture-confirmed TB cases, including over 90% of those with smear-negative disease. It also accurately detected resistance to the powerful anti-TB drug rifampicin (RIF) in more than 97% of patients, providing results in less than two hours. The Xpert® MTB/RIF test is a cartridge-based, fully automated molecular diagnostic test for TB co-developed by FIND and its partners Cepheid and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). The test uses the Cepheid GeneXpert® system--a fully-automated technology p
Highlight: New TB diagnostic proves effective, expedient, study finds
A molecular test designed to easily diagnose tuberculosis (TB) and detect a drug-resistant form of the bacterium that causes TB can provide much more specific, sensitive and rapid results than ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
New TB diagnostic proves effective, expedient, study finds, Wed 1 Sep 10 from ScienceDaily
New test can diagnose tuberculosis in under 2 hours
LONDON (Reuters) - A new molecular test for tuberculosis made by Cepheid can diagnose TB and detect a drug-resistant form of it far more easily and rapidly than other tests currently available, ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from Reuters
New England Journal of Medicine Study Shows New Molecular TB Test Could Offer Rapid and Effective Diagnosis in Developing Countries
GENEVA, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A study(1) published in The New England Journal of Medicine today reports that a new molecular tuberculosis (TB) test, Xpert® MTB/RIF, provides highly sensitive ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from RedOrbit
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