Comparison between the new Xpert <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis/</i> Rifampicin (MTB/RIF) Ultra assay and Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care center
This is the first study to come out of India where the newly launched Xpert Ultra/RIF test has been used to detect Paucibacillary EPTB cases in comparison to the old Xpert MTB/RIF test.
Authors
- Rama Shankar Rath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-0525)
- Vivek Hada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-5560)
- Amresh Kumar Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3179-7003)
- Mahima Mittal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9199-2647)
- Subodh Raj Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6303-8087)
- Rachana Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4771-4089)
- Atul Rukadikar
- Vasso Apostolopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6788-2771)
- Aroop Mohanty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5634-5014)
- Parul Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3733-6283)
- Kanishka Kumar
- Gaurav Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2143-0195)
- Shriyansh Srivastava
- Sanjit Sah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5017-083X)
- Kumari Neha Singh
- U. Venketesh
Institutions
- Galgotias University (IN)
- Korea University (KR)
- Bruegel (BE)
- Baba Raghav Das Medical College (IN)
- Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre (IN)
- Nepal Development Research Institute (NP)
- MIT University (MK)
- Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune (IN)
- NLR Nepal (NP)
- Dr D Y Patil Dental College & Hospital (IN)
- Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- RMIT University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Spectrum
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01647-25
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00