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Xpert-Ultra assay on stool and urine to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in children: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience in Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan

Moretó-Planas L, Mahajan R, Fidelle Nyikayo L, Ajack YBP, Tut Chol B,  et al.
2024-05-02 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-05-02 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Over half of childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains undiagnosed yearly. WHO recommends Xpert-Ultra as a first paediatric diagnosis test, but microbiological confirmation rema...
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Point-of-care ultrasound for tuberculosis diagnosis in children: a Médecins Sans Frontières cross-sectional study in Guinea-Bissau

Moretó-Planas L, Sagrado MJ, Mahajan R, Gallo J, Biague E,  et al.
2023-05-19 • BMJ Open
2023-05-19 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVE
Description of tuberculosis (TB)-focused point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) findings for children with presumptive TB.

DESIGN
Cross-sectional study (July 2019 to...
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First external Quality Assurance Program for bloodstream Real-Time PCR monitoring of treatment response in clinical trials of Chagas disease

Ramirez JC, Parrado R, Sulleiro E, de la Barra A, Rodriguez M,  et al.
2017-11-27 • PLOS One
2017-11-27 • PLOS One
Real-Time PCR (qPCR) testing is recommended as both a diagnostic and outcome measurement of etiological treatment in clinical practice and clinical trials of Chagas disease (CD), but no ...