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A Bundled Approach to Pulmonary Tuberculosis Testing: Experience from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India

The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is based on a stepwise approach consisting of sputum microscopy and molecular testing (GeneXpert), with the use of Mycobacterium culture in select cases. We analysed a bundled approach of PTB testing, consisting of all three of these tests during the pat...

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Autores principales: Rathish, Balram, Wilson, Arun, Pillay, Roshni, Warrier, Anup, Philips, Geetha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6886623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31824808
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6042