Poor Performance of Serological Tests in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Evidence from a Contact Tracing Field Study

BACKGROUND: Delayed or missed diagnosis of TB continues to fuel the global TB epidemic, especially in resource limited settings. Use of serology for the diagnosis of tuberculosis, commonly used in India, is another factor. In the present study a commercially available serodiagnostic assay was assess...

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Autores principales: Singh, Sarman, Singh, Jitendra, Kumar, Sandeep, Gopinath, Krishnamoorthy, Balooni, Veena, Singh, Niti, Mani, Kalaivani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040213

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040213

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