Assessment of diagnostic accuracy of Gene Xpert MTB/RIF in diagnosis of suspected retreatment pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Background: Retreatment cases of tuberculosis are reemerging as public and global health concerns, not only for dissemination of infection but for their multidrug resistant behavior as well, comprising an important challenge for National Tuberculosis Control Programs. Gene Xpert MTB/RIF is an automa...

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Main Authors: Takwa E. Meawed, Amany Shaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-07-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763816300425