Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Decentralized Public Health Settings and Its Effect on Pulmonary TB and DR-TB Case Finding in India.

Use of Xpert MTB/RIF in Decentralized Public Health Settings and Its Effect on Pulmonary TB and DR-TB Case Finding in India.

<h4>Background</h4>Xpert MTB/RIF, the first automated molecular test for tuberculosis, is transforming the diagnostic landscape in high-burden settings. This study assessed the impact of up-front Xpert MTB/RIF testing on detection of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and rifampicin-resistant...

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Main Authors: Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Neeraj Raizada, Achuthan Sreenivas, Anna H Van't Hoog, Susan van den Hof, Puneet K Dewan, Rahul Thakur, R S Gupta, Shubhangi Kulsange, Bhavin Vadera, Ameet Babre, Christen Gray, Malik Parmar, Mayank Ghedia, Ranjani Ramachandran, Umesh Alavadi, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Claudia Denkinger, Catharina Boehme, C N Paramasivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126065
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