A pre-clinical validation plan to evaluate analytical sensitivities of molecular diagnostics such as BD MAX MDR-TB, Xpert MTB/Rif Ultra and FluoroType MTB

• Markus Beutler ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: m.beutler@imlred.de

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Department IML Red GmbH, WHO-Supranational Reference Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Munich-Gauting, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4323-462X

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• Sara Plesnik,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Department IML Red GmbH, WHO-Supranational Reference Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Munich-Gauting, Germany

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• Marina Mihalic,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Department IML Red GmbH, WHO-Supranational Reference Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Munich-Gauting, Germany

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• Laura Olbrich,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany, German Centre of Research on Infectious Diseases (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Germany

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• Norbert Heinrich,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany, German Centre of Research on Infectious Diseases (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Germany

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• Samuel Schumacher,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Michael Lindner,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Munich, Germany

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• Ina Koch,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Munich, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8766-017X

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• Wolfgang Grasse,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation gerbion GmbH & Co. KG, Kornwestheim, Germany

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• Christoph Metzger-Boddien,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation gerbion GmbH & Co. KG, Kornwestheim, Germany

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• Sabine Hofmann-Thiel,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Department IML Red GmbH, WHO-Supranational Reference Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Munich-Gauting, Germany, SYNLAB Gauting, SYNLAB Human Genetics Munich, Munich-Gauting, Germany

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• Harald Hoffmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Department IML Red GmbH, WHO-Supranational Reference Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Munich-Gauting, Germany, SYNLAB Gauting, SYNLAB Human Genetics Munich, Munich-Gauting, Germany

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