Use of GeneXpert and the role of an expert panel in improving clinical diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis cases

• Jovilia Abong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jovilia Abong, Victoria Dalay, Danaida Marcelo, Victor Mendoza, Arvin Christian Aquino, Anna Marie Celina Garfin, Charles Yu

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: joviliabong@gmail.com

  Affiliation Research Division, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4220-1495

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• Victoria Dalay ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jovilia Abong, Victoria Dalay, Danaida Marcelo, Victor Mendoza, Arvin Christian Aquino, Anna Marie Celina Garfin, Charles Yu

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Division, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines

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• Ivor Langley ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Collaboration for Applied Health Research & Delivery, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Ewan Tomeny ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Collaboration for Applied Health Research & Delivery, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Danaida Marcelo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jovilia Abong, Victoria Dalay, Danaida Marcelo, Victor Mendoza, Arvin Christian Aquino, Anna Marie Celina Garfin, Charles Yu

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Division, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines

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• Victor Mendoza ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jovilia Abong, Victoria Dalay, Danaida Marcelo, Victor Mendoza, Arvin Christian Aquino, Anna Marie Celina Garfin, Charles Yu

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Division, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines

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• Arvin Christian Aquino ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jovilia Abong, Victoria Dalay, Danaida Marcelo, Victor Mendoza, Arvin Christian Aquino, Anna Marie Celina Garfin, Charles Yu

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Division, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4544-7821

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• Anna Marie Celina Garfin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jovilia Abong, Victoria Dalay, Danaida Marcelo, Victor Mendoza, Arvin Christian Aquino, Anna Marie Celina Garfin, Charles Yu

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National TB Control Program, Department of Health, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

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• Bertie Squire ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Collaboration for Applied Health Research & Delivery, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Charles Yu

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jovilia Abong, Victoria Dalay, Danaida Marcelo, Victor Mendoza, Arvin Christian Aquino, Anna Marie Celina Garfin, Charles Yu

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Division, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Philippines

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