Comparison of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay, microscopy and GeneXpert versus liquid culture for viable bacterial load quantification before and after starting pulmonary tuberculosis treatment

Molecular bacterial load assay (MBLA) rapidly quantifies viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and may be useful for monitoring treatment response and treatment efficacy. We conducted a prospective study in 56 adults with pulmonary tuberculosis from whom 244 sputum samples were collected before an...

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Autores principales: Hai, Hoang T., Vinh, Dao N., Thu, Do D.A., Hanh, Nguyen T., Phu, Nguyen H., Srinivasan, Vijay, Thwaites, Guy E., T.T. Thuong, Nguyen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Churchill Livingstone 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31568973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2019.101864

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31568973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2019.101864

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