Comparison of laboratory costs of rapid molecular tests and conventional diagnostics for detection of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization has endorsed the use of molecular methods for the detection of TB and drug-resistant TB as a rapid alternative to culture-based systems. In South Africa, the Xpert MTB/Rif assay and the GenoType MTBDRplus have been implemented into reference laboratories for...

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Autores principales: Shah, Maunank, Chihota, Violet, Coetzee, Gerrit, Churchyard, Gavin, Dorman, Susan E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23895665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-352

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23895665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-352

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