Molecular bacterial load assay versus culture for monitoring treatment response in adults with tuberculosis

The lack of rapid, sensitive, and deployable tuberculosis diagnostic tools is hampering the early diagnosis of tuberculosis and early detection of treatment failures. The conventional sputum smear microscopy or Xpert MTB/RIF assay cannot distinguish between alive and dead bacilli and the culture met...

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Autores principales: Said, Bibie, Charlie, Loveness, Getachew, Emnet, Wanjiru, Catherine Lydiah, Abebe, Mekdelawit, Manyazewal, Tsegahun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8287413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34349999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20503121211033470

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8287413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34349999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20503121211033470

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