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A comparison of the Xpert(®) MTB/RIF and GenoType(®) MTBDRplus assays in Georgia
N Bablishvili1, N Tukvadze1, Z Avaliani1
1National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Abstract:
Few studies have directly compared the performance of rapid molecular diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB). We found that the commercially available molecular diagnostic tests Xpert(®) MTB/RIF and GenoType(®) MTBDRplus both provided timely and accurate results compared to conventional phenotypic tests in detecting TB and rifampicin resistance.

