Performance of LED-Based Fluorescence Microscopy to Diagnose Tuberculosis in a Peripheral Health Centre in Nairobi

BACKGROUND: Sputum microscopy is the only tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic available at peripheral levels of care in resource limited countries. Its sensitivity is low, particularly in high HIV prevalence settings. Fluorescence microscopy (FM) can improve performance of microscopy and with the new light...

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Autores principales: Bonnet, Maryline, Gagnidze, Laramie, Githui, Willie, Guérin, Philippe Jean, Bonte, Laurence, Varaine, Francis, Ramsay, Andrew
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/PMC3041793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21364757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017214

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3041793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21364757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017214

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