Cost effectiveness (CE) analysis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for diagnosing smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SNPT) among inpatients in a teaching hospital, reference for AIDS and tuberculosis (TB), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

F. C. Q. Mello, J. Fonseca-Costa, A. R. Santos, A. L. Kritski, R. D. Moore, R. E. Chaisson (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Baltimore, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Diagnostic methods in tuberculosis
Session: Diagnostic methods in tuberculosis
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3597
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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