Background Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert MTB/RIF) and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra), the
newest version, are the only World Health Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid tests …

Background Every year, an estimated one million children and young adolescents become
ill with tuberculosis, and around 226,000 of those children die. Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert …

Background Every year, at least one million children become ill with tuberculosis and
around 200,000 children die. Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra are World Health Organization …

Background Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra) are World Health
Organization (WHO)‐recommended rapid tests that simultaneously detect tuberculosis and …

Background Tuberculosis is a leading cause of infectious disease‐related death and is one
of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) …

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease of global public health importance caused by the
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, this …

Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis continues to be a global public health threat.
Ethiopia is one of the high-burden countries for tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant …

Resistance to antimycobacterial drugs is a major barrier to effective treatment of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Molecular diagnostic techniques based on the …

Object Hospital sewage have been associated with incorporation of antibiotic resistance
genes (ARGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) into microbes, which is considered as a …

GeneXpert is one of the recent technological instruments used to diagnose tuberculosis in a
short span of time. In this study, the performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for the …