Effect of Previous Treatment and Sputum Quality on Diagnostic Accuracy of Xpert(®) MTB/RIF
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Acuña-Villaorduña, COrikiriza, P
Nyehangane, D
White, L F
Mwanga-Amumpaire, J
Kim, S
Bonnet, M
Fennelly, KP
Boum, Y
Jones-López, EC
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2017-04-01Submitted date
2017-05-22
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In early studies, Xpert® MTB/RIF accurately detected culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Recent reports have, however, found a lower than expected specificity in previously treated TB patients.PubMed ID
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1815-7920ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.5588/ijtld.16.0785
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