About the Authors
- Grant Theron
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Jonny Peter
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Laura Lenders
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Richard van Zyl-Smit
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Richard Meldau
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Ureshnie Govender
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Keertan Dheda
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* E-mail: keertan.dheda@uct.ac.za
Affiliations Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Competing Interests
The Xpert MTB/RIF cartridges were donated by the Foundation for Innovative and New Diagnostics (FIND). FIND had no role in the study or decision to publish. Keertan Dheda is a PLoS ONE Editor. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GT JP KD. Performed the experiments: LL RM. Analyzed the data: GT JP RVZS KD UG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT KD. Wrote the paper: GT KD.