Time delay and associated mortality from negative smear to positive Xpert MTB/RIF test among TB/HIV patients: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: The GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay (Xpert®) is known to be a feasible, effective and a hopeful tool for rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. However, little is known about the time delay caused by initial negative sputum smear microscopy (NSSM), but consecutive positive Xpert TB tes...

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Autores principales: Lisboa, Miguelhete, Fronteira, Inês, Colove, Estefano, Nhamonga, Marques, Martins, Maria do Rosário O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30616533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3656-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6322291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30616533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3656-x

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