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Diagnostic performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in BAL fluid samples from patients under clinical suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis: a tertiary care experience in a high-tuberculosis-burden area

OBJECTIVE: To assess the diagnostic performance of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, a rapid molecular test for tuberculosis, comparing it with that of AFB staining and culture, in BAL fluid (BALF) samples from patients with clinically suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) who are sputum smear-negative or p...

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Autores principales: de Brito, Guilherme Machado Xavier, Mafort, Thiago Thomaz, Ribeiro-Alves, Marcelo, dos Reis, Larissa Vieira Tavares, Leung, Janaína, Leão, Robson Souza, Rufino, Rogério, Rodrigues, Luciana Silva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8332835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34008762
http://dx.doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20200581