Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF for Detection of Tuberculosis from Blood Samples of HIV-Infected Adults Confirms Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteremia as an Indicator of Poor Prognosis

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death among HIV-infected adults, in part because of delayed diagnosis and therefore delayed initiation of treatment. Recently, the Gene-Xpert platform, a rapid, PCR-based diagnostic platform, has been validated for the diagnosis of TB with sputum. We have...

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Autores principales: Feasey, Nicholas A., Banada, Padmapriya P., Howson, William, Sloan, Derek J., Mdolo, Aaron, Boehme, Catharina, Chipungu, Geoffrey A., Allain, Theresa J., Heyderman, Robert S., Corbett, Elizabeth L., Alland, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2013
Materias:
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23678061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00330-13

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