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Effects of sputum bacillary load and age on GeneXpert and traditional methods in pulmonary tuberculosis: a 4-year retrospective comparative study

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of the GeneXpert(®) MTB/RIF (Xpert(®)), Auramine O staining method, and Lowenstein-Jensen medium for bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis and explore the effects of the sputum bacillary load (SBL) and qRT‒PCR th...

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Autores principales: Li, Kui, Hu, Qianqian, Liu, Jun, Liu, Siyi, He, Yingli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10680317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38012541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08832-6