Cost-effectiveness analysis of PCR for the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Scherer, Luciene C ^a,b   Sperhacke, Rosa D ^b   Ruffino Netto, Antonio ^e   Rossetti, Maria L R ^a,b   Vater, Claudia ^c   Klatser, Paul ^d   Kritski, Afrânio L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico CDCT   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM;

BRAZIL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 75449100142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-216     Document Type: Article

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