Multiple choice

Which of the following organisms are distinguished by GeneXpert testing system?

  1. Acid fast from non-acid fast organisms

  2. NTM broad category microbes

  3. NTM from mycobacterium tuberculosis

  4. Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Nocardia
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C Correct answer
Explanation

GeneXpert testing system distinguishes fairly well between NTMs and mycobacterium tuberculosis. NTMs (non-tuberculous mycobacteria) are emerging microbes that cause a spectrum of diseases including TB-like lung disease, localised infections of the lymphatic system, skin, soft tissue or bone and systemic disease.

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