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Accuracy of Xpert Ultra for the diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis in a low TB burden country: a prospective multicentre study

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  • David Aguilera-Alonso Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gonzalo Solís-García Neonatology Department, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Antoni Noguera-Julian Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain Malalties Infeccioses i Resposta Inflamatòria Sistèmica en Pediatria, Unitat d'Infeccions, Servei de Pediatria, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain Department of Paediatrics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Julián González-Martín Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Angely Román Cobeña Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Fernando Baquero-Artigao Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Department of Paediatrics, Infectious, and Tropical Diseases, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carlos Toro Rueda Department of Microbiology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paula Rodríguez-Molino Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Department of Paediatrics, Infectious, and Tropical Diseases, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Iván Bloise Sánchez Department of Microbiology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Teresa Vallmanya Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Albert Bernet-Sánchez Laboratory of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Laura Minguell Domingo Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Adriana Rubio Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jesús Saavedra-Lozano Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • María Jesús Ruiz-Serrano Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daniel Blázquez-Gamero Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paula López-Roa Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Gomez-Pastrana Paediatric Respiratory Unit, Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • María Dolores López Prieto Unit of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Universitario de Jerez de la Frontera, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Eva María López Medina Department of Paediatrics, Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Valencia, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ana Gil-Brusola Microbiology Department, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrea Martín Nalda Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Antonio Soriano-Arandes Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Teresa Tórtola Unitat de Micobactèries, Laboratori Supranacional de Referència de l'OMS per a la Tuberculosis, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain PROSICS, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lola Falcon-Neyra Department of Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunodeficiency, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Sevilla (IBiS), Sevilla, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Verónica González Galán Clinical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Preventive Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marc Tebruegge Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Begoña Santiago-García Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain Translational Research Network in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (RITIP), Madrid, Spain Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr David Aguilera-Alonso, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, 28009, Spain; david.aguilera{at}salud.madrid.org
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Citation

Aguilera-Alonso D, Solís-García G, Noguera-Julian A, et al
Accuracy of Xpert Ultra for the diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis in a low TB burden country: a prospective multicentre study
Thorax 2022;77:1023-1029.

Publication history

  • Received October 20, 2021
  • Accepted July 28, 2022
  • First published September 1, 2022.
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October 18, 2023

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