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Evaluation of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for direct diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Husseiny Sh. Moussa, Faten S. Bayoumi and Ahmed M. Ali
Saudi Medical Journal October 2016, 37 (10) 1076-1081; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.14998
Husseiny Sh. Moussa
From the Botany Department (Moussa), Faculty of Women for Art, Science, and Education, Ain Shams University, the Microbiology Department (Bayoumi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern Sciences and Arts University, Cairo, Egypt, and the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Ali), College of Applied Medical Science, University of Dammam, Hafr Al Batin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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Faten S. Bayoumi
From the Botany Department (Moussa), Faculty of Women for Art, Science, and Education, Ain Shams University, the Microbiology Department (Bayoumi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern Sciences and Arts University, Cairo, Egypt, and the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Ali), College of Applied Medical Science, University of Dammam, Hafr Al Batin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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Ahmed M. Ali
From the Botany Department (Moussa), Faculty of Women for Art, Science, and Education, Ain Shams University, the Microbiology Department (Bayoumi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern Sciences and Arts University, Cairo, Egypt, and the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Ali), College of Applied Medical Science, University of Dammam, Hafr Al Batin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 37 no. 10 1076-1081
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.14998
PubMed 
27652357

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 5, 2016
  • Accepted June 22, 2016
  • Published online October 1, 2016.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Husseiny Sh. Moussa, MSc, PhD,
  2. Faten S. Bayoumi, MSc, PhD and
  3. Ahmed M. Ali, BSc, MSc⇑
  1. From the Botany Department (Moussa), Faculty of Women for Art, Science, and Education, Ain Shams University, the Microbiology Department (Bayoumi), Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern Sciences and Arts University, Cairo, Egypt, and the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Ali), College of Applied Medical Science, University of Dammam, Hafr Al Batin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ahmed M. Ali, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, College of Applied Medical Science, University of Dammam, Hafr Al Batin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: ahmedelymani22{at}gmail.com
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