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High Yield of Active Tuberculosis Case Finding Among HIV-Infected Patients Using Xpert MTB/RIF Testing
OBJECTIVE: Conduct an active case finding study in Tbilisi, Georgia, for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLWH). METHODS: Newly diagnosed HIV patients were assessed for symptoms and asked to submit sputum samples for smear microscopy, culture, and molecular diagnostic testin...
Autores principales: | Kempker, Russell R, Chkhartishvili, Nikoloz, Kinkladze, Inga, Schechter, Marcos C, Harrington, Kristin, Rukhadze, Nino, Dzigua, Lela, Tserstvadze, Tengiz, del Rio, Carlos, Blumberg, Henry M, Tukvadze, Nestani |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559269/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31211163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz233 |
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