Retrospective observational study of diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert® MTB/RIF assay on fiberoptic bronchoscopy sampling for early diagnosis of smear-negative or sputum-scarce patients with suspected tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) is a useful diagnosis tool in low-burden countries for patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) who are smear-negative or sputum-scarce. This study sought to determine the accuracy of the Xpert® MTB/RIF (XP) assay using FOB samples. METHODS: We re...

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Autores principales: Le Palud, Pierre, Cattoir, Vincent, Malbruny, Brigitte, Magnier, Romain, Campbell, Karine, Oulkhouir, Youssef, Zalcman, Gérard, Bergot, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25115239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-137

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