Impact of Replacing Smear Microscopy with Xpert MTB/RIF for Diagnosing Tuberculosis in Brazil: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Durovni, Betina ^a,b   Saraceni, Valeria ^a,c   van den Hof, Susan ^d,e   Trajman, Anete ^b,f   Cordeiro Santos, Marcelo ^c,g   Cavalcante, Solange ^a,h   Menezes, Alexandre ⁱ   Cobelens, Frank ^d,e  

^a Rio de Janeiro County Health Department   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation   (Brazil)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^h Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

ⁱ Global Health Strategies   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETREATMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS RAPID TEST; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920935668     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001766     Document Type: Article

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