Evaluation of Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility (MODS) and the string test for rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV/AIDS patients in Bolivia

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection and the leading cause of death in HIV-positive people worldwide. Diagnosing TB is difficult, and is more challenging in resource-scarce settings where culture-based diagnostic methods rely on poorly sensitive smear microscopy b...

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Autores principales: Lora, Meredith H., Reimer-McAtee, Melissa J., Gilman, Robert H., Lozano, Daniel, Saravia, Ruth, Pajuelo, Monica, Bern, Caryn, Castro, Rosario, Espinoza, Magaly, Vallejo, Maya, Solano, Marco, Challapa, Roxana, Torrico, Faustino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26047953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0966-0

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