GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay for the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis on Concentrated Fine Needle Aspirates in High Tuberculosis Burden Settings

• Mulualem Tadesse,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Mycobacteriology Research Center, Institute of Biotechnology Research, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Gemeda Abebe ,

  * E-mail: gemeda.abebe@ju.edu.et

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Mycobacteriology Research Center, Institute of Biotechnology Research, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Ketema Abdissa,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Dossegnaw Aragaw,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Mycobacteriology Research Center, Institute of Biotechnology Research, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Kedir Abdella,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Mycobacteriology Research Center, Institute of Biotechnology Research, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Alemayehu Bekele,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Mesele Bezabih,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Ludwig Apers,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Bouke C. de Jong,

  Affiliation Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Leen Rigouts

  Affiliations Mycobacteriology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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