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Effect of mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on rapid molecular diagnostics among patients starting MDR-TB treatment in Uganda
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of mixed-MTB strain infection on the performance of Line Probe Assay (LPA) and GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assays among patients initiating MDR-TB treatment in Uganda METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study using sputum specimens collected from participants screen...
Autores principales: | Komakech, Kevin, Nakiyingi, Lydia, Fred, Ashab, Achan, Beatrice, Joloba, Moses, Kirenga, Bruce J, Ssengooba, Willy |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Journal Experts
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10571598/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37841871 http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3324330/v1 |
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