Evaluation of the Capilia TB Assay for Culture Confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections in Zambia and South Africa

The performance and cost of the Capilia TB assay were evaluated for use in a resource-limited setting. The sensitivity and specificity were 99.6% and 99.5%, respectively. The incremental costs of the Capilia test were estimated to be $1.46 and $1.84 when the test was added to liquid and solid cultur...

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Auteurs principaux: Muyoyeta, Monde, de Haas, Petra E. W., Mueller, Dirk H., van Helden, Paul D., Mwenge, Lawrence, Schaap, Ab, Kruger, Clarissa, Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas C., Lawrence, Katherine, Beyers, Nulda, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter, Ayles, Helen
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953073/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20686084
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01688-09
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