A Comparison of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Commencement Times in MDRTBPlus Line Probe Assay and Xpert® MTB/RIF-Based Algorithms in a Routine Operational Setting in Cape Town

BACKGROUND: Xpert MTB/RIF was introduced as a screening test for all presumptive tuberculosis cases in primary health services in Cape Town, South Africa. STUDY AIM: To compare multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment commencement times in MDRTBPlus Line Probe Assay and Xpert MTB/RIF-base...

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Autores principales: Naidoo, Pren, du Toit, Elizabeth, Dunbar, Rory, Lombard, Carl, Caldwell, Judy, Detjen, Anne, Squire, S. Bertel, Enarson, Donald A., Beyers, Nulda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4117508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25079599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103328

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