Comparative Performance of BD MAX MDR-TB and Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assays

Mokaddas et al. ([1][1]) recently compared the performance of the BD MAX MDR-TB assay to that of the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF assay with 81 clinical specimens. Thirteen specimens were culture positive, and both assays detected the organism in 12 specimens, with one false-negative result for each assay