Performance comparison between the mycobacteria growth indicator tube system and Löwenstein-Jensen medium in the routine detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at public health care facilities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: preliminary results of a pragmatic clinical trial

In view of the fact that the World Health Organization has recommended the use of the mycobacteria growth indicator tube (MGIT) 960 system for the diagnosis of tuberculosis and that there is as yet no evidence regarding the clinical impact of its use in health care systems, we conducted a pragmatic...

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Autores principales: Moreira, Adriana da Silva Rezende, Huf, Gisele, Vieira, Maria Armanda, Fonseca, Leila, Ricks, Monica, Kritski, Afrânio Lineu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4075853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23857683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132013000300014

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