Research article

Bacteriophage- based tests for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens: a systematic review and meta- analysis

Shriprakash Kalantri^1,²^*, Madhukar Pai^1,³, Lisa Pascopella⁴, Lee Riley¹ and Arthur Reingold¹

¹ University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, 140, Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

² Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India

³ Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

⁴ Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Tuberculosis Control Branch, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, CA, USA

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BMC Infectious Diseases 2005, 5:59 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-5-59

Published: 16 July 2005

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