Clinical Impact of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing in the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study

BACKGROUND: Nucleic acid amplification (NAA) testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) offers improved diagnostic accuracy, compared with smear microscopy, in differentiating MTB from other mycobacteria. We aimed to evaluate the reliability and projected impact of NAA testing in patients with aci...

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Autores principales: Bourgi, Kassem, Patel, Jaimin, Samuel, Linoj, Kieca, Angela, Johnson, Laura, Alangaden, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5407217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28470022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx045

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5407217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28470022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx045

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