<p>*A total of 47 cultures were contaminated including three samples with invalid result by Xpert MTB/RIF and one sample with error by Xpert MTB/RIF. Two other samples which gave “error” by Xpert MTB/RIF were culture negative but were excluded from the study.</p
WOS: 000373926600018PubMed ID: 27099693Background: The prognostic value of blood culture testing in ...
Introduction: To date, there are few papers that characterize the types of errors in microbiology la...
<p>Note: the positive blood culture samples containing <i>P</i>. <i>aeruginosa</i> are not included ...
*<p>p<0.001 for comparison of proportions of contaminated MGIT cultures (249/6893 [3.6%]) vs. invali...
<p>Patients with clinically diagnosed TB (without bacteriological confirmation) and patients with po...
<p>Total samples: N = 2446, culture positive by any method: n = 778 (31.8%), culture negative by all...
<p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube; PPV, positive p...
a<p>all culture results include speciation test results (for confirmation of M<i>tb</i> or exclusion...
<p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube;</p><p>PPV, posi...
Implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF requires quality assessment. A pilot program using dried culture spo...
Bacteria are not only ubiquitous on earth but can also be incredibly diverse within clean laboratori...
α<p>One isolate failed culture. <sup>β</sup> Excluded sample aliquot from the isolate which failed c...
<p><sup>a</sup>Comprising <i>Escherichia coli</i> (4), <i>E</i>. <i>coli</i>/<i>Shigella</i> spp. (2...
<p>Kappa value 0.94, agreement 97.4%. +ve = TB culture positive, -ve = TB culture negative. Contamin...
Culture eligibility algorithm based on the results of Xpert-Ultra testing on 2 sputum samples (S1 an...
WOS: 000373926600018PubMed ID: 27099693Background: The prognostic value of blood culture testing in ...
Introduction: To date, there are few papers that characterize the types of errors in microbiology la...
<p>Note: the positive blood culture samples containing <i>P</i>. <i>aeruginosa</i> are not included ...
*<p>p<0.001 for comparison of proportions of contaminated MGIT cultures (249/6893 [3.6%]) vs. invali...
<p>Patients with clinically diagnosed TB (without bacteriological confirmation) and patients with po...
<p>Total samples: N = 2446, culture positive by any method: n = 778 (31.8%), culture negative by all...
<p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube; PPV, positive p...
a<p>all culture results include speciation test results (for confirmation of M<i>tb</i> or exclusion...
<p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube;</p><p>PPV, posi...
Implementation of Xpert MTB/RIF requires quality assessment. A pilot program using dried culture spo...
Bacteria are not only ubiquitous on earth but can also be incredibly diverse within clean laboratori...
α<p>One isolate failed culture. <sup>β</sup> Excluded sample aliquot from the isolate which failed c...
<p><sup>a</sup>Comprising <i>Escherichia coli</i> (4), <i>E</i>. <i>coli</i>/<i>Shigella</i> spp. (2...
<p>Kappa value 0.94, agreement 97.4%. +ve = TB culture positive, -ve = TB culture negative. Contamin...
Culture eligibility algorithm based on the results of Xpert-Ultra testing on 2 sputum samples (S1 an...
WOS: 000373926600018PubMed ID: 27099693Background: The prognostic value of blood culture testing in ...
Introduction: To date, there are few papers that characterize the types of errors in microbiology la...
<p>Note: the positive blood culture samples containing <i>P</i>. <i>aeruginosa</i> are not included ...