The performance and yield of tuberculosis testing algorithms using microscopy, chest x-ray, and Xpert MTB/RIF

The performance and yield of tuberculosis testing algorithms using microscopy, chest x-ray, and Xpert MTB/RIF

Setting: The introduction of Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and renewed interest in chest x-ray (CXR) for tuberculosis testing has provided additional choices to the smear-based diagnostic algorithms used by TB programs previously. More programmatic data is needed to better understand the implications of pos...

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Main Authors: Jacob Creswell, Zhi Zhen Qin, Rajendra Gurung, Bikash Lamichhane, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Mohan Kumar Prasai, Nirmala Bista, Lal Mani Adhikari, Bishwa Rai, Santat Sudrungrot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579418300482

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