Diagnosis of tuberculosis from smear-negative presumptive TB cases using Xpert MTB/Rif assay: a cross-sectional study from Nepal

Abstract Background In most developing countries, smear-negative pulmonary TB (SNPT) often gets missed from the diagnosis of consideration, though it accounts 30–65% of total PTB cases, due to deficient or inaccessible molecular diagnostic modalities. Methods The cross-sectional study enrolled 360 p...

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Principais autores:	Priyatam Khadka, Januka Thapaliya, Ramesh Bahadur Basnet, Gokarna Raj Ghimire, Jyoti Amatya, Basista Parsad Rijal
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	BMC 2019-12-01
coleção:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Assuntos:	Xpert MTB/Rif assay Mycobacterium tuberculosis Line probe assay MDR-TB Smear-negative
Acesso em linha:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4728-2
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