FluoroType MTB system for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis

ERJ Open Res. 2017 May 8;3(2):00113-2016. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00113-2016. eCollection 2017 Apr.

¹ Nigerian Centers for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.
² Zankli Research Laboratory, Dept of Community Medicine and Primary Healthcare, Bingham University, Karu, Nigeria.
³ Zankli Medical Center, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁴ Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
⁵ Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Badalona, Spain.

Abstract

FluoroType MTB is a sensitive test for TB but specificity is low compared with fully integrated molecular systems http://ow.ly/WhEO30b1luY.