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Turnaround Time for Microbiological Testing of Tuberculosis in Routine Clinical Practice and Time to Patient Initiation on Treatment, Iganga Hospital, Uganda: 2012-2017

2021-09-09

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<h4>Background: </h4> Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) that is resistant to atleast isoniazid and rifampicin. Delayed diagnosis and treatment initiation lead to increased transmission and poor clinical outcomes. Although GeneXpert MTB/RIF detects Mtb and rifampicin resistance within 2 hours, the TB control program needs to understand the turnaround time (TAT...

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Literature Corpus work: 49d80633-c82f-50c6-831a-ed0b47893d45
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-842088/v1

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