Cost analysis of rapid diagnostics for drug-resistant tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Growth-based drug susceptibility testing (DST) is the reference standard for diagnosing drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), but standard time to result (TTR) is typically ≥ 3 weeks. Rapid tests can reduce that TTR to days or hours, but accuracy may be lowered. In addition to the TTR and te...

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Published in:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: Groessl, Erik J., Ganiats, Theodore G., Hillery, Naomi, Trollip, Andre, Jackson, Roberta L., Catanzaro, Donald G., Rodwell, Timothy C., Garfein, Richard S., Rodrigues, Camilla, Crudu, Valeriu, Victor, Thomas C., Catanzaro, Antonino
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5833048/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29499645
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3013-0
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