Liquid vs Solid Culture Medium to Evaluate Proportion and Time to Change in Management of Suspects of Tuberculosis-A Pragmatic Randomized Trial in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Units in Brazil.

Adriana da Silva Rezende Moreira,Gisele Huf,Maria Armanda Vieira,Paulo Albuquerque da Costa,Fábio Silva Aguiar,Anna Grazia Marsico,Leila de Souza Fonseca,Mônica Ricks,Martha Maria Oliveira,Anne Detjen,Paula Isono Fujiwara,S. B. Squire,Afrânio Lineu Kritski

Liquid vs Solid Culture Medium to Evaluate Proportion and Time to Change in Management of Suspects of Tuberculosis-A Pragmatic Randomized Trial in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Units in Brazil.

2015

Adriana da Silva Rezende Moreira
Gisele Huf
Maria Armanda Vieira
Paulo Albuquerque da Costa
Fábio Silva Aguiar
Anna Grazia Marsico
Leila de Souza Fonseca
Mônica Ricks
Martha Maria Oliveira
Anne Detjen
Paula Isono Fujiwara
S. B. Squire
Afrânio Lineu Kritski

Background The use of liquid medium (MGIT960) for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis was recommended by WHO in 2007. However, there has been no evaluation of its effectiveness on clinically important outcomes.

Keywords:

Intensive care medicine
Randomized controlled trial
Health care
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Medicine
Pediatrics
liquid medium
Pharmacotherapy
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Young adult

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