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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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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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