Defining the true sensitivity of culture for the diagnosis of melioidosis using Bayesian latent class models.
BACKGROUND: Culture remains the diagnostic gold standard for many bacterial infections, and the method against which other tests are often evaluated. Specificity of culture is 100% if the pathogenic organism is not found in healthy subjects, but the sensitivity of culture is more difficult to deter...
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| Định dạng: | Journal article |
| Ngôn ngữ: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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