Use of amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test in respiratory samples from HIV-infected patients in Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct (AMTD) test with reference methods for the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients. METHODS: This was a study of diagnostic accuracy comparing AMTD test results with those obtained by cul...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Bruno Paz Ferreira Barreto, Maria Cristina da Silva Lourenço, Valéria Cavalcanti Rolla, Valdiléia Gonçalves Veloso, Gisele Huf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014-04-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132014000200148&lng=en&tlng=en