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Cost analysis of nucleic acid amplification for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis, within the context of the Brazilian Unified Health Care System

We estimated the costs of a molecular test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and resistance to rifampin (Xpert MTB/RIF) and of smear microscopy, within the Brazilian Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS, Unified Health Care System). In SUS laboratories in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Manaus, we performed ac...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Márcia, Entringer, Aline Piovezan, Steffen, Ricardo, Trajman, Anete
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26785963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562015000004524