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Learning Objectives
The test simultaneously detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and resistance to rifampicin (RIF)
Test Performance Parameters: Sensitivity Specificity for MTB; Sensitivity Specificity for RIF; TAT is less than 2 hours.I
Test was endorsed by WHO for use in National TB Programs in 2010 and introduced for scaled up in India in 2015-16.
This test is expected to eventually be used as the first choice test for diagnosis of TB.