The health-system benefits and cost-effectiveness of using Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct nucleic acid amplification testing to diagnose tuberculosis disease in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 532-542

  Marks, Suzanne M ^a   Cronin, Wendy ^b   Venkatappa, Thara ^c   Maltas, Gina ^d   Chon, Sandy ^d   Sharnprapai, Sharon ^e   Gaeddert, Mary ^e   Tapia, Jane ^f   Dorman, Susan E ^d   Etkind, Sue ^e   Crosby, Claud ^f   Blumberg, Henry M ^f   Bernardo, John ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Hawaii Department of Health   (United States)

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

^e MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Diagnosis; Molecular; Nucleic acid amplification; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

COST; DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880942686     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit336     Document Type: Article

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