Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF on Ascitic Fluid Samples for Detection of Abdominal Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis (TB) from ascitic fluid samples using routinely available diagnostic methods is challenging due to its paucibacillary nature. Although performance of Xpert MTB/RIF assay has been evaluated extensively on pulmonary samples, its performance on extrapulmo...

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Autores principales: Rufai, Syed Beenish, Singh, Sarman, Singh, Amit, Kumar, Parveen, Singh, Jitendra, Vishal, Anand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28042217
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.187927

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28042217
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2727.187927

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