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Grant Theron

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Akiko Takaki, Devasahayam J Christopher, G Theron, G. Theron, GRANT THERON, Grant D.V. Theron, Grant Theron, Monde Muyoyeta, Rob Warren, Sanne, Ian

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Stellenbosch University University of Cape Town South African Medical Research Council University College London National Health Laboratory Service

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Grant Theron is an author at Stellenbosch University specializing in tuberculosis, medicine, and tuberculosis diagnostics.

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Feasibility, accuracy, and clinical effect of point-of-care Xpert MTB/RIF testing for tuberculosis in primary-care settings in Africa: a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial Grant Theron, Lynn S. Zijenah, Duncan Chanda, The Lancet Point-of-care Xpert Mtb/rifPulmonary TuberculosisPrimary CarePoint-of-care TestingTuberculosis Prevention	2013	437
Evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a High HIV Prevalence Setting Grant Theron, Jonny Peter, Richard N. van Zyl-Smit, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	2011	308
Effect on mortality of point-of-care, urine-based lipoarabinomannan testing to guide tuberculosis treatment initiation in HIV-positive hospital inpatients: a pragmatic, parallel-group, multicountry, open-label, randomised controlled trial Jonny Peter, Lynn S. Zijenah, Duncan Chanda, The Lancet Pulmonary TuberculosisTreatment And PreventionMedicineHiv-positive Hospital InpatientsTuberculosis Prevention	2016	262
The South African Tuberculosis Care Cascade: Estimated Losses and Methodological Challenges Pren Naidoo, Grant Theron, Molebogeng X. Rangaka, The Journal of Infectious Diseases	2017	235
What is the Cost of Diagnosis and Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa? Anil Pooran, Elize Pieterson, Malika Davids, PLoS ONE	2013	231
Diagnostic Accuracy of Quantitative PCR (Xpert MTB/RIF) for Tuberculous Meningitis in a High Burden Setting: A Prospective Study Vinod Patel, Grant Theron, Laura Lenders, PLoS Medicine	2013	180
Do high rates of empirical treatment undermine the potential effect of new diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in high-burden settings? Grant Theron, Jonny Peter, David W. Dowdy, The Lancet Infectious Diseases Pulmonary TuberculosisClinical EffectivenessHigh RatesEmpirical TreatmentEvidence-based Medicine	2014	154
An automated tuberculosis screening strategy combining X-ray-based computer-aided detection and clinical information Jaime Melendez, Clara I. Sá‎nchez, Rick H. H. M. Philipsen, Scientific Reports	2016	146
Xpert MTB/RIF Results in Patients With Previous Tuberculosis: Can We Distinguish True From False Positive Results? Grant Theron, Rouxjeane Venter, Greg Calligaro, Clinical Infectious Diseases	2016	140
Outcomes, infectiousness, and transmission dynamics of patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and home-discharged patients with programmatically incurable tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study Keertan Dheda, Jason Limberis, Elize Pietersen, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Transmission DynamicsDrug-resistant TuberculosisPulmonary TuberculosisTuberculosis PreventionClinical Epidemiology	2017	131

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