Xpert MTB/RIF as add-on test to microscopy in a low tuberculosis incidence setting

Giorgia Sulis, Angelica Agliati, Gabriele Pinsi, Giordano Bozzola, Pierfranco Foccoli, Maurizio Gulletta, Silvio Caligaris, Lina R. Tomasoni, Issa El-Hamad, Alberto Matteelli

Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (3) 1702345; 10.1183/13993003.02345-2017
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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