Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra: the long-awaited game changer for tuberculous meningitis?

Jerome H. Chin

Source: Eur Respir J, 50 (4) 1701201; 10.1183/13993003.01201-2017
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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