Clinical Impact of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing in the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study | Zendy

Kassem Bourgi | Zendy; Jaimin Patel | Zendy; Linoj Samuel | Zendy; Angela Kieca | Zendy; Laura A. Johnson | Zendy; George Alangaden | Zendy

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Clinical Impact of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing in the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study

Author(s) -

Kassem Bourgi,

Jaimin Patel,

Linoj Samuel,

Angela Kieca,

Laura A. Johnson,

George Alangaden

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx045

Subject(s) - medicine , nucleic acid amplification tests , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , nucleic acid test , acid fast , retrospective cohort study , isolation (microbiology) , gastroenterology , pathology , sputum , disease , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , covid-19 , biology , chlamydia trachomatis

Nucleic acid amplification testing provided a rapid and accurate test in the diagnosis of MTB while significantly reducing the duration of isolation and unnecessary medications in patients with negative NAA test.

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