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Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF Test
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Systematic rifampicin resistance errors with Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra: implications for regulation of genotypic assays
S V Omar1, D Hillemann2, S Pandey3
1Centre for Tuberculosis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Molecular Medicine & Haematology, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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