Efficacy and role of Xpert(®) Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin assay in urinary tuberculosis

INTRODUCTION: The aim was to study the accuracy of Xpert(®) (Cepheid Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin (MTB/RIF) assay as compared to a composite gold standard (urine culture, imaging, and biopsy) and to asses its utility as the initial test compared to smear microscopy...

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Autores principales: Samuel, Benedict Paul, Michael, Joy Sarojini, Chandrasingh, J., Kumar, Santosh, Devasia, Antony, Kekre, Nitin Sudhakar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6174720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30337781
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/iju.IJU_189_18

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6174720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30337781
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/iju.IJU_189_18

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