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A randomized controlled trial of standard versus intensified tuberculosis diagnostics on treatment decisions by physicians in Northern Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Routine tuberculosis culture remains unavailable in many high-burden areas, including Tanzania. This study sought to determine the impact of providing mycobacterial culture results over standard of care [unconcentrated acid-fast (AFB) smears] on management of persons with suspected tuber...

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Autores principales:	Reddy, Elizabeth A, Njau, Boniface N, Morpeth, Susan C, Lancaster, Kathryn E, Tribble, Alison C, Maro, Venance P, Msuya, Levina J, Morrissey, Anne B, Kibiki, Gibson S, Thielman, Nathan M, Cunningham, Coleen K, Schimana, Werner, Shao, John F, Chow, Shein-Chung, Stout, Jason E, Crump, John A, Bartlett, John A, Hamilton, Carol D
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974106/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24552306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-89

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