Evaluation of the Capilia TB assay for culture confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in Zambia and South Africa.
Monde
Muyoyeta
;
Petra EW
de Haas
;
Dirk H
Mueller
;
Paul D
van Helden
;
Lawrence
Mwenge
;
Ab
Schaap
;
Clarissa
Kruger
;
Nicolaas C
Gey van Pittius
;
Katherine
Lawrence
;
Nulda
Beyers
;
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Peter
Godfrey-Faussett
;
Helen
Ayles
;
(2010)
Evaluation of the Capilia TB assay for culture confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in Zambia and South Africa.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 48 (10).
pp. 3773-3775.
ISSN 0095-1137
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01688-09
;
Helen
Ayles
;
(2010)
Evaluation of the Capilia TB assay for culture confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in Zambia and South Africa.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 48 (10).
pp. 3773-3775.
ISSN 0095-1137
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01688-09
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.
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