A feasibility study of the Xpert MTB/RIF test at the peripheral level laboratory in China
Objective: To evaluate the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF (MTB/RIF) in the county-level tuberculosis (TB) laboratory in China. Methods: From April 2011 to January 2012, patients with suspected multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and non-MDR-TB were enrolled consecutively from four county-level T...
Main Authors: | Xichao Ou, Hui Xia, Qiang Li, Yu Pang, Shengfen Wang, Bing Zhao, Yuanyuan Song, Yang Zhou, Yang Zheng, Zhijian Zhang, Zhiying Zhang, Junchen Li, Haiyan Dong, Junying Chi, Jack Zhang, Kai Man Kam, Shitong Huan, Yue Jun, Daniel P. Chin, Yanlin Zhao |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-02-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214016579 |
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