Evaluation of trace calls by Xpert MTB/RIF ultra for clinical management in low TB burden settings

• Alberto Amedeo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alberto Amedeo, Giacomo Beci, Maddalena Giglia

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-0846

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• Giacomo Beci ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alberto Amedeo, Giacomo Beci, Maddalena Giglia

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Maddalena Giglia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alberto Amedeo, Giacomo Beci, Maddalena Giglia

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-4041

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• Giulia Lombardi ,

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

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

  Affiliation Microbiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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

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• Francesco Bisognin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Microbiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine–Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Federico Chiarucci,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology, Bellaria Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7483-0336

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• Ilaria Corsini,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pediatric Emergency Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Paola Dal Monte ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Microbiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine–Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Marina Tadolini

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

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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