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Oral swab testing by Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra for mass tuberculosis screening in prisons

Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis is usually achieved by testing sputum for presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by microscopy, culture or nucleic acid amplification tests. However, many individuals are unable to produce sputum, particularly early in the course of illness. Studies have reported...

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Autores principales: Lima, Fabiano, Santos, Andrea S., Oliveira, Roberto D., Silva, Carla C.R., Gonçalves, Crhistinne C.M., Andrews, Jason R., Croda, Julio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7031315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32099908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2020.100148