Stool Processing Methods for Xpert Ultra Testing in Childhood Tuberculosis: A Prospective, Multicountry Accuracy Study
Stool processing methods for Xpert Ultra were acceptable and usable and performed similarly, with highest sensitivity among children with culture-positive tuberculosis.
Authors
- Amita Jain Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7036-2718)
- Adithya Cattamanchi
- Alfred Andama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-0007)
- Rakesh Lodha
- Maryline Bonnet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-7393)
- Petra de Haas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3024-0198)
- Claudia Maria Denkinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7216-7067)
- Nishi Suryavanshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8917-0302)
- Urvashi B. Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8753-9743)
- Devan Jaganath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8555-5667)
- Lesley Jean Workman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3433-6106)
- Savita Kanade
- Aurélien Macé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3282-1650)
- Manon Lounnas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8789-0517)
- Ashish Bavdekar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9466-4095)
- Midori Kato Maeda
- Morten Rühwald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1597-441X)
- Ezekiel Mupere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-9009)
- Mary G Nabukenya Mudiope
- Pamela Nabeta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-6191)
- Peter Wambi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9195-0778)
- Padmapriya P. Banada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5217-6142)
- Sara Eyangoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-3815)
- Sonali Sanghavi
- Robert Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4025-0077)
- Hellen Tukamuhebwa Aanyu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3159-4318)
- David Alland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5196-1571)
- André Trollip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-3677)
- Heather Joy Zar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9046-759X)
- Mark Patrick Nicol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1366-4805)
- Mandar Paradkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9843-4656)
- Edine Tiemersma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2071-3038)
- Olivier Marcy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3350-112X)
- Eric Wobudeya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9574-5539)
- Yekiwe Hlombe
- Moorine Sekadde
- Deus Atwiine
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- FIND (CH)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (NL)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle (FR)
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center (US)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- College of Medicine & JNM Hospital (IN)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf289
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.79
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases