Bacterial Loads Measured by the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay as Markers of Culture Conversion and Bacteriological Cure in Pulmonary TB
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Bacterial Loads Measured by the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay as Markers of Culture Conversion and Bacteriological Cure in Pulmonary TB
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Tuberculosis, Sputum, Biomarkers, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Drug therapy, Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, Specimen preparation and treatment, Prognosis
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages e0160062
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2016-08-11
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0160062
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