Liquid vs Solid Culture Medium to Evaluate Proportion and Time to Change in Management of Suspects of Tuberculosis—A Pragmatic Randomized Trial in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Units in Brazil

BACKGROUND: The use of liquid medium (MGIT960) for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis was recommended by WHO in 2007. However, there has been no evaluation of its effectiveness on clinically important outcomes. METHODS AND FINDINGS: A pragmatic trial was carried out in a tertiary hospital and a secondary h...

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Autores principales: Moreira, Adriana da Silva Rezende, Huf, Gisele, Vieira, Maria Armanda Monteiro da Silva, da Costa, Paulo Albuquerque, Aguiar, Fábio, Marsico, Anna Grazia, Fonseca, Leila de Souza, Ricks, Mônica, Oliveira, Martha Maria, Detjen, Anne, Fujiwara, Paula Isono, Squire, Stephen Bertel, Kritski, Afranio Lineu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4457845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26046532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127588

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