Open AccessMycobacteriology Diagnostic Costs in an Inner-City Public Hospital: Are We Ready to Adopt the Xpert MTB/RIF in Lieu of the Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB) Smear?
Author(s) -
Marcos C. Schechter,
Gretchen Snoeyenbos,
Yun F. Wang,
David Holland,
Susan Ray
Publication year - 2015
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/ofv133.464
Subject(s) - medicine , acid fast , genexpert mtb/rif , microbiology and biotechnology , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , sputum , biology