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The performance of tongue swabs for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis

INTRODUCTION: Oral and/or tongue swabs have demonstrated ability to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Swabs provide useful alternative specimens for diagnosis of TB using molecular assays however, the diagnostic pickup by culture requires further imp...

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Autores principales: Ealand, Christopher S., Sewcharran, Astika, Peters, Julian S., Gordhan, Bhavna G., Kamariza, Mireille, Bertozzi, Carolyn R., Waja, Ziyaad, Martinson, Neil A., Kana, Bavesh D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10512057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37743867
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1186191