Defining the True Sensitivity of Culture for the Diagnosis of Melioidosis Using Bayesian Latent Class Models

BACKGROUND: Culture remains the diagnostic gold standard for many bacterial infections, and the method against which other tests are often evaluated. Specificity of culture is 100% if the pathogenic organism is not found in healthy subjects, but the sensitivity of culture is more difficult to determ...

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Autores principales: Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Jamsen, Kris, Arayawichanont, Arkhom, Simpson, Julie A., White, Lisa J., Lee, Sue J., Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Chantratita, Narisara, Cheng, Allen, Day, Nicholas P. J., Verzilli, Claudio, Peacock, Sharon J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2932979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20830194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012485

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