A Novel Sample Processing Method for Rapid Detection of Tuberculosis in the Stool of Pediatric Patients Using the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is difficult to diagnose in children using molecular tests, because children have difficulty providing respiratory samples. Stool could replace sputum for diagnostic TB testing if adequate sample processing techniques were available. METHODS: We developed a rapid method...

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Autores principales: Banada, Padmapriya P., Naidoo, Uvistra, Deshpande, Srinidhi, Karim, Farina, Flynn, JoAnne L., O’Malley, Melanie, Jones, Martin, Nanassy, Oliver, Jeena, Prakash, Alland, David
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/PMC4805262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27007974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151980

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