Utility of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis
This Perspective discusses the following new study published in PLOS Medicine:
Patel VB, Theron G, Lenders L, Matinyenya B, Connolly C, et al. (2013) Diagnostic Accuracy of Quantitative PCR (Xpert MTB/RIF) for Tuberculous Meningitis in a High Burden Setting: A Prospective Study. PLoS Med 10(10): e1001536. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001536
Vinod Patel and colleagues evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of quantitative PCR using Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of TB meningitis in the high-burden setting of South Africa.
Source: PLOS Medicine
