Performance of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests in Patients with Presumptive Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan
Journal
Infectious diseases and therapy
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
2
Pages
871
Date Issued
2022-04
Author(s)
Huang, Wei-Chang
Lin, Chih-Bin
Chien, Shun-Tien
Lin, Chou-Jui
Feng, Jia-Yih
Lee, Chih-Hsin
Yu, Ming-Chih
Lee, Jen-Jyh
Chiang, Chen-Yuan
Abstract
Several nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) complex (MTBC) are available in Taiwan; however, their performances may differ and have not been extensively evaluated. Therefore, we aimed to explore the accuracy of NAATs overall followed by comparison between platforms commonly used in Taiwan.
Subjects
In-house PCR; Nucleic acid amplification; Performance; Roche Cobas Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay; Xpert MTB/RIF assay
Publisher
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
Type
journal article