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December 1, 2011Clinical Infectious DiseasesOpen Access

The Use of an Automated Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (Xpert MTB/RIF) to Predict the Sputum Smear Status of Tuberculosis Patients

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GTGrant TheronSouth African Medical Research CouncilLPLancelot PintoP. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research CentreJPJonny PeterUniversity of Cape Town

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f6036febe604dd7084f59https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir824
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