A comparison of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment commencement times in MDRTBPlus line probe assay and Xpert® MTB/RIF-based algorithms in a routine operational setting in Cape Town.

A comparison of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment commencement times in MDRTBPlus line probe assay and Xpert® MTB/RIF-based algorithms in a routine operational setting in Cape Town.

<h4>Background</h4>Xpert MTB/RIF was introduced as a screening test for all presumptive tuberculosis cases in primary health services in Cape Town, South Africa.<h4>Study aim</h4>To compare multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment commencement times in MDRTBPlus Li...

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Main Authors: Pren Naidoo, Elizabeth du Toit, Rory Dunbar, Carl Lombard, Judy Caldwell, Anne Detjen, S Bertel Squire, Donald A Enarson, Nulda Beyers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25079599/pdf/?tool=EBI

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