Upfront Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of pediatric TB-Does it work? Experience from India.

Upfront Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of pediatric TB-Does it work? Experience from India.

<h4>Background</h4>Diagnosis of TB in pediatric population poses several challenges. A novel initiative was implemented in several major cities of India aimed at providing upfront access to free-of-cost Xpert MTB/RIF to presumptive pediatric TB cases. This paper aims to describe the expe...

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Main Authors: Aakshi Kalra, Debadutta Parija, Neeraj Raizada, K S Sachdeva, Raghuram Rao, Soumya Swaminathan, Ashwani Khanna, Kamal Kishore Chopra, M Hanif, Varinder Singh, K R Umadevi, K N Sheladia, Rama Rao, N Vasundhara, Anil S, Nirmala A R, Abdul Azeem, Vijay Chhajlani, Jyoti Khurana, N J Das, Bandana Choudhury, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair, Shalini Mall, Rajashree Sen, Sarabjit Singh Chadha, Claudia M Denkinger, Catharina Boehme, Sanjay Sarin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236057

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