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The impact of the roll-out of rapid molecular diagnostic testing for tuberculosis on empirical treatment in Cape Town, South Africa

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of introducing a rapid test as the first-line diagnostic test for drug-sensitive tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS: Xpert® MTB/RIF (Xpert®), an automated polymerase-chain-reaction-based assay, was rolled out between 2011 and 2013. Data were availab...

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Udgivet i:Bull World Health Organ
Main Authors: Hermans, Sabine, Caldwell, Judy, Kaplan, Richard, Cobelens, Frank, Wood, Robin
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: World Health Organization 2017
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537747/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804167
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.185314
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