Improvement of Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection by Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra: A head-to-head comparison on Xpert-negative samples

• Francesco Bisognin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - Unit of Microbiology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna - S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

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• Giulia Lombardi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: g.lombardi@unibo.it

  Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - Unit of Microbiology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna - S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6423-8358

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• Donatella Lombardo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - Unit of Microbiology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna - S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

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• Maria Carla Re,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - Unit of Microbiology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna - S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

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• Paola Dal Monte

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - Unit of Microbiology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna - S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

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