Diagnostic Usefulness of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Xpert MTB/RIF in Patients with Suspected Pauci-bacillary Pulmonary Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Rapid and accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is important for appropriate treatment initiation and control of disease transmission. Xpert TB/RIF has been widely used for rapid diagnosis especially in sputum AFB smear-negative pulmonary TB. However, about one-third of patients with p...

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Autores principales: Lee, Seung Hyun, Hong, Jeongmin, Ryu, Byunghan, Kim, Min Jae, Chong, Yong Pil, Lee, Sang-Oh, Choi, Sang-Ho, Kim, Yang Soo, Woo, Jun Hee, Kim, Sung-Han
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/PMC5630944/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1641

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630944/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1641

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