Diagnosis of tuberculosis from smear-negative presumptive TB cases using Xpert MTB/Rif assay: a cross-sectional study from Nepal

Background In most developing countries, smear-negative pulmonary TB (SNPT) often gets missed from the diagnosis of consideration, though it accounts 30–65% of total PTB cases, due to deficient or inaccessible molecular diagnostic modalities. Methods The cross-sectional study enrolled 360 patients w...
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Khadka, Priyatam [verfasserIn]

Thapaliya, Januka

Basnet, Ramesh Bahadur

Ghimire, Gokarna Raj

Amatya, Jyoti

Rijal, Basista Parsad

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2019

Schlagwörter:

Xpert MTB/Rif assay

Line probe assay

MDR-TB

Smear-negative

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© The Author(s). 2019

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: BMC infectious diseases - London : BioMed Central, 2001, 19(2019), 1 vom: 30. Dez.

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volume:19 ; year:2019 ; number:1 ; day:30 ; month:12

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/s12879-019-4728-2

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SPR027470512

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