Sputum quality and diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF among smear-negative adults with presumed tuberculosis in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Introduction of GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay has constituted a major breakthrough for tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics. Several patient factors may influence diagnostic performance of Xpert including sputum quality. OBJECTIVE: We carried out a prospective, observational, cross-sectional...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Amanda J., Atuheire, Collins, Worodria, William, Kizito, Samuel, Katamba, Achilles, Sanyu, Ingvar, Andama, Alfred, Ayakaka, Irene, Cattamanchi, Adithya, Bwanga, Freddie, Huang, Laurence, Davis, J. Lucian
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/PMC5501569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28686705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180572

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5501569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28686705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180572

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