Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF on pleural tissue for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1427-1429

  Christopher, Devasahayam J ^a   Schumacher, Samuel G ^b,c   Michael, Joy S ^a   Luo, Robert ^d   Balamugesh, Thangakunam ^a   Duraikannan, Paramasivan ^a   Pollock, Nira R ^e,f   Pai, Madhukar ^b,c   Denkinger, Claudia M ^b,c,f  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADULT; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 84887307247     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00103213     Document Type: Letter

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