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Evaluation of diagnostic advances in musculoskeletal tuberculosis; the automated xpert MTB/RIF assay

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of Xpert for musculoskeletal TB and for rifampicin resistance against a gold standard of culture or histology. Site of disease, HIV status, and age of patients, and accuracy in spinal compared to extraspinal TB were investigated as se...

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Main Author: Held, Michael
Other Authors: Zar, Heather
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences 2016
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