The impact of the roll-out of rapid molecular diagnostic testing for tuberculosis on empirical treatment in Cape Town, South Africa

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of introducing a rapid test as the first-line diagnostic test for drug-sensitive tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS: Xpert® MTB/RIF (Xpert®), an automated polymerase-chain-reaction-based assay, was rolled out between 2011 and 2013. Data were availab...

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Autores principales: Hermans, Sabine, Caldwell, Judy, Kaplan, Richard, Cobelens, Frank, Wood, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: World Health Organization 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804167
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.185314

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