Cost analysis of smear microscopy and the Xpert assay for tuberculosis diagnosis: average turnaround time.

Lida Jouca de Assis FigueredoSilvana Spindola de MirandaLucas Benício Dos SantosCaroline Gontijo Gonçalves MansoValéria Martins SoaresSuely AlvesMaria Cláudia VaterAfrânio Lineu KritskiWânia da Silva CarvalhoCristiane Menezes de PáduaIsabela Neves de Almeida

Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)

The Xpert assay has high accuracy; however, the turnaround time and cost of smear microscopy were lower than those of Xpert.

Keyphrases

high throughput
pulmonary tuberculosis
single molecule
high resolution
mycobacterium tuberculosis
high speed
optical coherence tomography
label free
single cell
hiv aids
emergency department
electronic health record