• PLoS medicine · Oct 2013

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    Utility of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.

    • David R Boulware.
    • Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America.
    • PLoS Med. 2013 Oct 1; 10 (10): e1001537.

    AbstractDavid Boulware discusses the challenges of diagnosing tuberculous meningitis and the implications of the study by Patel and colleagues using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

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