| Literature DB >> 20686084 |
Monde Muyoyeta1, Petra E W de Haas, Dirk H Mueller, Paul D van Helden, Lawrence Mwenge, Ab Schaap, Clarissa Kruger, Nicolaas C Gey van Pittius, Katherine Lawrence, Nulda Beyers, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Helen Ayles.
Abstract
The performance and cost of the Capilia TB assay were evaluated for use in a resource-limited setting. The sensitivity and specificity were 99.6% and 99.5%, respectively. The incremental costs of the Capilia test were estimated to be $1.46 and $1.84 when the test was added to liquid and solid culture processes, respectively. These findings suggest that the Capilia TB assay represents a rapid, simple, and inexpensive Mycobacterium tuberculosis identification test that can be used in resource-limited settings.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20686084 PMCID: PMC2953073 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01688-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948