Comparison of the validity of smear and culture conversion as a prognostic marker of treatment outcome in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has conditionally recommended the use of sputum smear microscopy and culture examination for the monitoring of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. We aimed to assess and compare the validity of smear and culture conversion at different...

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Publicat a:PLoS One
Autors principals: Alene, Kefyalew Addis, Viney, Kerri, Yi, Hengzhong, McBryde, Emma S., Yang, Kunyun, Bai, Liqiong, Gray, Darren J., Xu, Zuhui, Clements, Archie C. A.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Public Library of Science 2018
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965863/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29791488
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197880
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