Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum microscopy as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis: a cluster-randomised trial embedded in South African roll-out.

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Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum microscopy as the initial diagnostic test for tuberculosis: a cluster-randomised trial embedded in South African roll-out of Xpert MTB/RIF  Dr Gavin J Churchyard, PhD, Wendy S Stevens, FCPath, Lerole D Mametja, MPH, Kerrigan M McCarthy, FCPath, Violet Chihota, PhD, Mark P Nicol, FCPath, Linda K Erasmus, MMed, Norbert O Ndjeka, MMed, Lindiwe Mvusi, MBBCh, Anna Vassall, PhD, Edina Sinanovic, PhD, Helen S Cox, PhD, Christopher Dye, DPhil, Alison D Grant, PhD, Katherine L Fielding, PhD  The Lancet Global Health  Volume 3, Issue 8, Pages e450-e457 (August 2015) DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00100-X Copyright © 2015 Churchyard et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Trial profile The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e450-e457DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00100-X) Copyright © 2015 Churchyard et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-ND Terms and Conditions

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