Upfront Xpert MTB/RIF testing on various specimen types for presumptive infant TB cases for early and appropriate treatment initiation

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in infants is challenging due to non-specific clinical presentations of the disease in this age-group and low sensitivity of widely available TB diagnostic tools, which in turn delays prompt access to TB treatment. Upfront access to Xpert/MTB RIF (Xpert) te...

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Autores principales: Raizada, Neeraj, Khaparde, Sunil D., Rao, Raghuram, Kalra, Aakshi, Sarin, Sanjay, Salhotra, Virender Singh, Swaminathan, Soumya, Khanna, Ashwani, Chopra, Kamal Kishore, Hanif, M., Singh, Varinder, Umadevi, K. R., Nair, Sreenivas Achuthan, Huddart, Sophie, Tripathi, Rajneesh, Surya Prakash, C. H., Saha, B. K., Denkinger, Claudia M., Boehme, Catharina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6116934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30161142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202085

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