Has universal screening with Xpert® MTB/RIF increased the proportion of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases diagnosed in a routine operational setting?

SETTING: Primary health services in Cape Town, South Africa where the introduction of Xpert(®) MTB/RIF (Xpert) enabled simultaneous screening for tuberculosis (TB) and drug susceptibility in all presumptive cases. STUDY AIM: To compare the proportion of TB cases with drug susceptibility tests undert...

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Autores principales: Naidoo, Pren, Dunbar, Rory, Caldwell, Judy, Lombard, Carl, Beyers, Nulda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5310774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28199375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172143

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