FluoroType MTB system for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis

Joshua Obasanya, Lovett Lawson, Thomas Edwards, Oladimeji Olanrewaju, Laura Madukaji, Russell Dacombe, Jose Dominguez, Barbara Molina-Moya, Emily R. Adams, Luis E. Cuevas

Source: ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00113-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00113-2016
Journal Issue: April
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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Joshua Obasanya, Lovett Lawson, Thomas Edwards, Oladimeji Olanrewaju, Laura Madukaji, Russell Dacombe, Jose Dominguez, Barbara Molina-Moya, Emily R. Adams, Luis E. Cuevas. FluoroType MTB system for the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis. ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00113-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00113-2016

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