Upfront Xpert MTB/RIF testing on various specimen types for presumptive infant TB cases for early and appropriate treatment initiation.
BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in infants is challenging due to non-specific clinical presentations of the disease in this age-group and low sensitivity of widely available TB diagnostic tools, which in turn delays prompt access to TB treatment. Upfront access to Xpert/MTB RIF (Xpert) tes...
Main Authors: | Neeraj Raizada, Sunil D Khaparde, Raghuram Rao, Aakshi Kalra, Sanjay Sarin, Virender Singh Salhotra, Soumya Swaminathan, Ashwani Khanna, Kamal Kishore Chopra, M Hanif, Varinder Singh, K R Umadevi, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair, Sophie Huddart, Rajneesh Tripathi, C H Surya Prakash, B K Saha, Claudia M Denkinger, Catharina Boehme |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6116934?pdf=render |
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