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Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Decentralized Public Health Settings and Its Effect on Pulmonary TB and DR-TB Case Finding in India

BACKGROUND: Xpert MTB/RIF, the first automated molecular test for tuberculosis, is transforming the diagnostic landscape in high-burden settings. This study assessed the impact of up-front Xpert MTB/RIF testing on detection of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and rifampicin-resistant PTB (DR-TB) cases i...

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Autores principales: Sachdeva, Kuldeep Singh, Raizada, Neeraj, Sreenivas, Achuthan, van't Hoog, Anna H., van den Hof, Susan, Dewan, Puneet K., Thakur, Rahul, Gupta, R. S., Kulsange, Shubhangi, Vadera, Bhavin, Babre, Ameet, Gray, Christen, Parmar, Malik, Ghedia, Mayank, Ramachandran, Ranjani, Alavadi, Umesh, Arinaminpathy, Nimalan, Denkinger, Claudia, Boehme, Catharina, Paramasivan, C. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4440647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25996389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126065

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