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. 2013 Mar;75(3):325-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.11.011. Epub 2012 Dec 28.

GeneXpert® for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: does it play a role in low-burden countries?

Laura Muñoz  1 , Raquel Moure, Nuria Porta, Lucia Gonzalez, Rosario Guerra, Fernando Alcaide, Miguel Santin
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GeneXpert® for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: does it play a role in low-burden countries?

Laura Muñoz et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Mar.

Abstract

We performed a retrospective analysis of costs and time to treatment (TT) of 150 culture-confirmed TB cases: 100 sputum smear (SS) (+) and 50 SS(-). This group underwent GeneXpert® (GX) assay. Expenditures and TT of SS(-)/GX(+) cases were inferred from the SS(+) group. GX detected 68% of SS(-) cases.

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