Affiliations 

  • 1 Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
PLoS One, 2013;8(9):e73717.
PMID: 24040038 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073717

Abstract

Delays in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, particularly in prisons, is associated with detrimental outcomes. The new GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay (Xpert) offers accurate and rapid diagnosis of active TB, but its performance in improving case detection in high-transmission congregate settings has yet to be evaluated. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of a single Xpert assay in an intensified case finding survey among HIV-infected prisoners in Malaysia.

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