Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosis of Smear-Negative TB in a High HIV-Prevalence Setting: A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Nucleic acid amplification tests are sensitive for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis in populations with positive sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli, but less sensitive in sputum-smear-negative populations. Few studies have evaluated the clinical impact of these tests in low-income...

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Autores principales: Davis, J. Lucian, Huang, Laurence, Worodria, William, Masur, Henry, Cattamanchi, Adithya, Huber, Charles, Miller, Cecily, Conville, Patricia S., Murray, Patrick, Kovacs, Joseph A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3029312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21298001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016321

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3029312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21298001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016321

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