The impact of the roll-out of rapid molecular diagnostic testing for tuberculosis on empirical treatment in Cape Town, South Africa

The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of introducing a rapid test as the first-line diagnostic test for drug-sensitive tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/08/2017
Sabine Hermans, Judy Caldwell, Richard Kaplan & et al
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
95
8
554-563
Attachment(s): 
tuberculosis diagnostic testing.pdf
Tags:
Tuberculosis, Diagnostic Methods, South Africa