Cost-effectiveness of different strategies for amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct testing for cases of pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3811-3812

  Guerra, Renata L ^a,b   Hooper, Nancy M ^c   Baker, James F ^c   Alborz, Roya ^c   Armstrong, Derek T ^c   Kiehlbauch, Julia A ^c   Conde, Marcus B ^b   Dorman, Susan E ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 55849124681     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01682-08     Document Type: Article

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