Comparing Tuberculosis Diagnostic Yield in Smear/Culture and Xpert(®) MTB/RIF-Based Algorithms Using a Non-Randomised Stepped-Wedge Design

SETTING: Primary health services in Cape Town, South Africa. STUDY AIM: To compare tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic yield in an existing smear/culture-based and a newly introduced Xpert(®) MTB/RIF-based algorithm. METHODS: TB diagnostic yield (the proportion of presumptive TB cases with a laboratory dia...

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Autores principales: Naidoo, Pren, Dunbar, Rory, Lombard, Carl, du Toit, Elizabeth, Caldwell, Judy, Detjen, Anne, Squire, S. Bertel, Enarson, Donald A., Beyers, Nulda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4773132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26930400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150487

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4773132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26930400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150487

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