title: Should countries implement Xpert MTB/RIF when empirical treatment precludes a clinical effect?
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: vanrie@email.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Annelies
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Rie
mesh_terms: D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*