Liquid vs Solid Culture Medium to Evaluate Proportion and Time to Change in Management of Suspects of Tuberculosis-A Pragmatic Randomized Trial in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Units in Brazil.

Liquid vs Solid Culture Medium to Evaluate Proportion and Time to Change in Management of Suspects of Tuberculosis-A Pragmatic Randomized Trial in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Units in Brazil.

The use of liquid medium (MGIT960) for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis was recommended by WHO in 2007. However, there has been no evaluation of its effectiveness on clinically important outcomes.A pragmatic trial was carried out in a tertiary hospital and a secondary health care unit in Rio de Janeiro C...

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Main Authors: Adriana da Silva Rezende Moreira, Gisele Huf, Maria Armanda Monteiro da Silva Vieira, Paulo Albuquerque da Costa, Fábio Aguiar, Anna Grazia Marsico, Leila de Souza Fonseca, Mônica Ricks, Martha Maria Oliveira, Anne Detjen, Paula Isono Fujiwara, Stephen Bertel Squire, Afranio Lineu Kritski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4457845?pdf=render

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