Pooling of sputum samples to increase tuberculosis diagnostic capacity in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic

OBJECTIVES: We assessed whether combining (pooling) four individual's samples and testing with Xpert Ultra has the same accuracy as testing samples individually as a more efficient testing method. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of individuals with presumptive tuberculosis attendi...

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Autores principales: Santos, Victor Santana, Allgayer, Manuela Filter, Kontogianni, Konstantina, Rocha, José Erinaldo, Pimentel, Beatriz Jatobá, Amorim, Maria Telma Pinheiro, Duarte, Morgana Valnia Simões Cavalcanti, de Melo Ferreira, Polyanne, Moura, Luciana Coelho Leite, de Lima, Victoria Paulino Santos, Guimarães, Larissa Cândido, Dodd, James, Creswell, Jacob, Cuevas, Luis Eduardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9834119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36642209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.01.009

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