Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from paraffin-embedded tissues by GeneXpert MTB/RIF

In this study we provide a Xpert-dedicated successful protocol for processing paraffin-embedded tissue and assess the feasibility of the Xpert assay-based tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis on these specimens, thus proving the Xpert assay as a valuable TB diagnostic tool in supporting conventional histopathological methods.

Source: Tuberculosis - July 3, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Laura Rindi, Greta Al ì, Barbara Fabiani, Gabriella Fontanini, Carlo Garzelli Source Type: research