Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for diagnosis of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, one year of use in a multi-centric hospital laboratory in Brussels, Belgium

• Leila Mekkaoui ,

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

  * E-mail: Leila.mekkaoui@lhub-ulb.be

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles–Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8477-952X

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• Marie Hallin,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles–Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium

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• Françoise Mouchet,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pediatric Department, CHU Saint Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Marie-Christine Payen,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, CHU Saint-Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Evelyne Maillart,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Universitaire Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Philippe Clevenbergh,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Universitaire Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Aspasia Georgala,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0286-864X

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• Sigi Van den Wijngaert

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles–Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Brussels, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8623-2165

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