Screening for HIV-Associated Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance before Antiretroviral Therapy Using the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay: A Prospective Study

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization has endorsed the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for investigation of patients suspected of having tuberculosis (TB). However, its utility for routine TB screening and detection of rifampicin resistance among HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency enrollin...

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Hauptverfasser: Lawn, Stephen D., Brooks, Sophie V., Kranzer, Katharina, Nicol, Mark P., Whitelaw, Andrew, Vogt, Monica, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Wood, Robin
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2011
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144215/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21818180
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001067
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