1997
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.5.1153
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“…Since early diagnosis is important for the control of the disease, diagnostic methods should be simple, rapid, inexpensive and easily performed, allowing them to be widely used, even in areas with poor socioeconomic conditions. Speed and precision are mutually exclusive characteristics in current tuberculosis testing methods (27) . This problem is compounded in cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, in which confirmation of diagnosis is more difficult.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Since early diagnosis is important for the control of the disease, diagnostic methods should be simple, rapid, inexpensive and easily performed, allowing them to be widely used, even in areas with poor socioeconomic conditions. Speed and precision are mutually exclusive characteristics in current tuberculosis testing methods (27) . This problem is compounded in cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, in which confirmation of diagnosis is more difficult.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These findings are quite similar to those described in the literature, especially when compared to a study carried out in São Paulo (10) , which identified the same tests as relevant for the diagnosis of pleural effusion. Other authors have suggested the use of these tests, both in isolation and in combination (10,14,15,(27)(28)(29)(30) .…”
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