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“Before Xpert I only had my expertise”: A qualitative study on the utilization and effects of Xpert technology among pediatricians in 4 Indian cities
BACKGROUND: Diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in children presents considerable challenges. Upfront testing on Xpert® MTB/RIF (‘Xpert’)—a rapid molecular assay with high sensitivity and specificity—for pediatric presumptive TB patients, as recommended by India’s Revised National Tuberculosis Control Prog...
Autores principales: | McDowell, Andrew, Raizada, Neeraj, Khaparde, Sunil D., Rao, Raghuram, Sarin, Sanjay, Kalra, Aakshi, Salhotra, Virender Singh, Nair, Sreenivas Achuthan, Boehme, Catharina, Denkinger, Claudia M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5856339/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29547642 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193656 |
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