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Evaluation of a rapid culture method for tuberculosis diagnosis: a Latin American multi-center study.

J A Robledo, G. I. Mejía, Nora Morcillo, L. Chacón, M Camacho, Juan de Dios Luna, Jeannete Zurita, A Bodon, Manuel Velasco, Juan Carlos Palomino,

PubMed · 2006 · 51 citations · 20 references

Abstract

Difference in the characteristics of the participating laboratories, the disease prevalence and the number and type of specimens processed did not affect the overall performance of TLA as compared to LJ, supporting the robustness of the method and its feasibility in different laboratory settings.

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