A Multi-Country Non-Inferiority Cluster Randomized Trial of Frontloaded Smear Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: More than 50 million people around the world are investigated for tuberculosis using sputum smear microscopy annually. This process requires repeated visits and patients often drop out. METHODS AND FINDINGS: This clinical trial of adults with cough ≥2 wk duration (in Ethiopia, Nepal, Nig...

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Autores principales: Cuevas, Luis Eduardo, Yassin, Mohammed Ahmed, Al-Sonboli, Najla, Lawson, Lovett, Arbide, Isabel, Al-Aghbari, Nasher, Bahadur Sherchand, Jeevan, Al-Absi, Amin, Emenyonu, Emmanuel Nnamdi, Merid, Yared, Okobi, Mosis Ifenyi, Onuoha, Juliana Olubunmi, Aschalew, Melkamsew, Aseffa, Abraham, Harper, Greg, Anderson de Cuevas, Rachel Mary, Kremer, Kristin, van Soolingen, Dick, Nathanson, Carl-Michael, Joly, Jean, Faragher, Brian, Squire, Stephen Bertel, Ramsay, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo 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/PMC3134460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21765808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000443

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