A sputum sample processing method for community and mobile tuberculosis diagnosis using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay.

Harriet D. Gliddon,Robert J. Shorten,Andrew Hayward,Alistair Story

A sputum sample processing method for community and mobile tuberculosis diagnosis using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay.

2019

Harriet D. Gliddon
Robert J. Shorten
Andrew Hayward
Alistair Story

The Xpert MTB/RIF assay can rapidly diagnose tuberculosis, but sputum samples cannot be safely processed unless in a lab. The septum sample pot allows safe handling of sputum and has allowed a mobile TB unit to run the assay in community settings. http://ow.ly/HOA130mS6LG

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Physical therapy
Medicine
Tuberculosis diagnosis
Tuberculosis
Sputum
Sputum sample
Internal medicine
safe handling
processing methods

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