Evaluation of the MODS Culture Technique for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis

Maxine Caws; Dang Thi Minh Ha; Estee Torok; James Campbell; Do Dang Anh Thu; Tran Thi Hong Chau; Nguyen van Vinh Chau; Nguyen Tran Chinh; Jeremy Farrar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001173

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Evaluation of the MODS Culture Technique for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis

Maxine Caws ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mcaws@hotmail.com

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Dang Thi Minh Ha,

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Hung Vuong, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Estee Torok,

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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James Campbell,

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Do Dang Anh Thu,

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Tran Thi Hong Chau,

Affiliation The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Nguyen van Vinh Chau,

Affiliation The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Nguyen Tran Chinh,

Affiliation The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Jeremy Farrar

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Evaluation of the MODS Culture Technique for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis

Maxine Caws,
Dang Thi Minh Ha,
Estee Torok,
James Campbell,
Do Dang Anh Thu,
Tran Thi Hong Chau,
Nguyen van Vinh Chau,
Nguyen Tran Chinh,
Jeremy Farrar

Published: November 14, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001173

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