Missed Opportunities for Earlier Diagnosis of rifampicin-resistant Tuberculosis despite access to Xpert(®) MTB/RIF
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Mohr, EDaniels, J
Muller, O
Furin, J
Chabalala, B
Steele, S J
Cox, V
Dolby, T
Ferlazzo, G
Shroufi, A
Duran, L T
Cox, H
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2017-10-01Submitted date
2017-10-18
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To assess the proportion of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) patients with potential earlier RR-TB diagnoses in Khayelitsha, South Africa.PubMed ID
28911352Language
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1815-7920ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.5588/ijtld.17.0372
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