Evaluation the role of conventional and Xpert MTB/RIF assays as point-of-care tests of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in Menoufia, Egypt
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a destructive pulmonary disease, which was the most fatal infectious disease in the world for many years before the COVID-19 outbreak. During pandemic, COVID-19 was the main concern in every clinic and there were overlapping respiratory diseases resulting in delaying...
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General Organization of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes
2022-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.jmsr.eg.net/article.asp?issn=2537-091X;year=2022;volume=5;issue=2;spage=121;epage=128;aulast=Awad |