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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...
Autores principales: | Lima, Fabiano, Santos, Andrea S., Oliveira, Roberto D., Silva, Carla C.R., Gonçalves, Crhistinne C.M., Andrews, Jason R., Croda, Julio |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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