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Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in urine by Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra: A useful adjunctive diagnostic tool in HIV-associated tuberculosis

In January 2017, the World Health Organisation recommended the Xpert(®) MTB/RIF Ultra assay (Ultra) for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. Ultra offers improved analytical sensitivity when compared with the initial Xpert(®) MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Ultra is th...

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Autores principales: Atherton, Rachel R., Cresswell, Fiona V., Ellis, Jayne, Skipper, Caleb, Tadeo, Kiiza K., Mugumya, Gerald, Wadda, Vincent, Meya, David B., Boulware, David R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6170999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30031800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.07.007