Evaluation of Commercial Rapid Diagnostic Test Kit for Tuberculosis: Further Evidence Supporting Negative Policy on the Use of Serological Tests for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Developing Countries
Ameh James, Kingsley Ochei, Nnamdi Emenyonu, Saffiatou Darboe & Lovett Lawson · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013
Aim: To know whether one of the commercially available immunochromatographic tuberculosis tests is comparable with the widely available method, direct sputum microscopy. Design: The study prospectively validated the pulmonary tuberculosis rapid test kit using the reference standa...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5802