Diagnostic performance of nucleic acid tests in tuberculous pleurisy

Abstract Background Tuberculous pleurisy (TBP) is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). However, rapid diagnostic methods with high accuracy for tuberculous pleurisy are urgently needed. In the present study, we evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF, LAMP and SAT-TB...

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Main Authors: Min Han, Heping Xiao, Liping Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-04974-z