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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.
Naidoo, Pren du Toit, Elizabeth Dunbar, Rory Lombard, Carl Caldwell, Judy Detjen, Anne Squire, S Bertel Enarson, Donald A Beyers, Nulda
Naidoo, Pren
du Toit, Elizabeth
Dunbar, Rory
Lombard, Carl
Caldwell, Judy
Detjen, Anne
Squire, S Bertel
Enarson, Donald A
Beyers, Nulda
Abstract
Xpert MTB/RIF was introduced as a screening test for all presumptive tuberculosis cases in primary health services in Cape Town, South Africa.
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2014
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis , Routine Operational Setting , primary health services , South Africa
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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. 2014, 9 (7):e103328 PLoS ONE