Time to Treatment and Patient Outcomes among TB Suspects Screened by a Single Point-of-Care Xpert MTB/RIF at a Primary Care Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa

INTRODUCTION: In December 2010, the World Health Organization recommended a single Xpert MTB/RIF assay as the initial diagnostic in people suspected of HIV-associated or drug resistant tuberculosis. Few data are available on the impact of this recommendation on patient outcomes. We describe the diag...

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Autores principales: Hanrahan, Colleen F., Selibas, Katerina, Deery, Christopher B., Dansey, Heather, Clouse, Kate, Bassett, Jean, Scott, Lesley, Stevens, Wendy, Sanne, Ian, Van Rie, Annelies
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3675091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065421

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3675091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065421

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