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Evaluation of GeneXpert MTB/RIF for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and rpo B gene in respiratory and non-respiratory clinical specimens at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia

Ali M. Somily, Mazin A. Barry, Hanan A. Habib, Fawzia E. Alotaibi, Fahad A. Al-Zamil, Mohammed A. Khan, Mohammed S. Sarwar, Nawab D. Bakhash, Abdulkarim A. Alrabiaah, Zahid A. Shakoor and Abiola C. Senok
Saudi Medical Journal December 2016, 37 (12) 1404-1407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.15506
Ali M. Somily
From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD, FRCPC
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Mazin A. Barry
From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hanan A. Habib
From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fawzia E. Alotaibi
From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahad A. Al-Zamil
From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed A. Khan
From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed S. Sarwar
From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Nawab D. Bakhash
From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulkarim A. Alrabiaah
From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Zahid A. Shakoor
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Abiola C. Senok
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vol. 37 no. 12 1404-1407
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.15506
PubMed 
27874159

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received May 18, 2016
  • Accepted August 31, 2016
  • Published online December 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.

Author Information

  1. Ali M. Somily, MD, FRCPC⇑,
  2. Mazin A. Barry, MD, FRCPC,
  3. Hanan A. Habib, MD, KSU FelPath (Micro),
  4. Fawzia E. Alotaibi, MD,
  5. Fahad A. Al-Zamil, MBBS,
  6. Mohammed A. Khan, MD, PhD,
  7. Mohammed S. Sarwar, BSc, MLT,
  8. Nawab D. Bakhash, DCP,
  9. Abdulkarim A. Alrabiaah, MBBS,
  10. Zahid A. Shakoor, MD, PhD and
  11. Abiola C. Senok, MBBS, PhD
  1. From the Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprints request to: Dr. Ali M. Somily, Head of Microbiology Unit, Department of Pathology/Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: ali.somily{at}gmail.com
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Ali M. Somily, Mazin A. Barry, Hanan A. Habib, Fawzia E. Alotaibi, Fahad A. Al-Zamil, Mohammed A. Khan, Mohammed S. Sarwar, Nawab D. Bakhash, Abdulkarim A. Alrabiaah, Zahid A. Shakoor, Abiola C. Senok
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Evaluation of GeneXpert MTB/RIF for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and rpo B gene in respiratory and non-respiratory clinical specimens at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia
Ali M. Somily, Mazin A. Barry, Hanan A. Habib, Fawzia E. Alotaibi, Fahad A. Al-Zamil, Mohammed A. Khan, Mohammed S. Sarwar, Nawab D. Bakhash, Abdulkarim A. Alrabiaah, Zahid A. Shakoor, Abiola C. Senok
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