Xpert®MTB/RIF for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a Remote Arctic Setting: Impact on Cost and Time to Treatment Initiation

• Olivia Oxlade,

  Affiliations Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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• Jordan Sugarman,

  Affiliation Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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• Gonzalo G. Alvarez,

  Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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• Madhukar Pai,

  Affiliations Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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• Kevin Schwartzman

  * E-mail: kevin.schwartzman@mcgill.ca

  Affiliations Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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