Comparison of Quantitative Techniques including Xpert MTB/RIF to Evaluate Mycobacterial Burden

• Richard N. van Zyl-Smit,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Anke Binder,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Richard Meldau,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Hridesh Mishra,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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• Patricia L. Semple,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Grant Theron,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Jonathan Peter,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Andrew Whitelaw,

  Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Suren K. Sharma,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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• Robin Warren,

  Affiliation DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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• Eric D. Bateman,

  Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Keertan Dheda

  * E-mail: keertan.dheda@uct.ac.za

  Affiliations Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom

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