Validation and implementation of GeneXpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Ecuador

• Main Authors: José Marcelo Ortíz-Jimenes, Greta Franco-Sotomayor, Martha Ramos-Ramirez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2019
• Subjects: estudios de validación; esputo; sensibilidad; especificidad; rifampicina; mycobacterium tuberculosis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Guayaquil; Rif
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/7c44808e755840919a5049fefbc13dbb

The objective of the study was the validation and implementation of GeneXpert MTB/RIF for routine use in the rapid detection of tuberculosis and sensitivity to rifampicin in clinical samples; for this, 1592 respiratory samples were collected and analyzed in the laboratory of Instituto Nacional de In...