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Evaluation of Xpert® MTB/RIF and Ustar EasyNAT™ TB IAD for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis of children in Tanzania: a prospective descriptive study

BACKGROUND: Fine needle aspiration biopsy has become a standard approach for diagnosis of peripheral tuberculous lymphadenitis. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF and Ustar EasyNAT TB IAD nucleic acid amplification assays, against acid-fast bacilli microscopy, cyto...

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Autores principales: Bholla, Maira, Kapalata, Neema, Masika, Edward, Chande, Hassan, Jugheli, Levan, Sasamalo, Mohamed, Glass, Tracy R., Beck, Hans-Peter, Reither, Klaus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27268404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1578-z