Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion: A systematic review and comparative meta-analysis

Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal; Ritesh Agarwal; Sahajal Dhooria; Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad; Inderpaul Singh Sehgal; Valliappan Muthu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268483

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Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion: A systematic review and comparative meta-analysis

Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: aggarwal.ashutosh@outlook.com

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-3600

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Ritesh Agarwal,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Sahajal Dhooria,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3199-9163

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Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Inderpaul Singh Sehgal,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Valliappan Muthu

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion: A systematic review and comparative meta-analysis

Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal,
Ritesh Agarwal,
Sahajal Dhooria,
Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad,
Inderpaul Singh Sehgal,
Valliappan Muthu

Published: July 11, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268483

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