A Novel Sample Processing Method for Rapid Detection of Tuberculosis in the Stool of Pediatric Patients Using the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay

• Padmapriya P. Banada ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Padmapriya P. Banada, Uvistra Naidoo

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, New Jersey Medical School - Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Uvistra Naidoo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Padmapriya P. Banada, Uvistra Naidoo

  Current address: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

  Affiliation KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB/HIV (K-RITH), Durban, South Africa

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• Srinidhi Deshpande,

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, New Jersey Medical School - Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Farina Karim,

  Affiliation KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB/HIV (K-RITH), Durban, South Africa

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• JoAnne L. Flynn,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Melanie O’Malley,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Martin Jones,

  Affiliation Cepheid, 904 Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, California, United States of America

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• Oliver Nanassy,

  Affiliation Cepheid, Bothell, Washington, United States of America

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• Prakash Jeena,

  Affiliation KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB/HIV (K-RITH), Durban, South Africa

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• David Alland

  * E-mail: allandda@rutgers.edu

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, New Jersey Medical School - Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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