Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF Testing on Tuberculosis Management and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients in Uganda

• Christina Yoon ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christina Yoon, Adithya Cattamanchi

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Adithya Cattamanchi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christina Yoon, Adithya Cattamanchi

  * E-mail: acattamanchi@medsfgh.ucsf.edu

  Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Curry International Tuberculosis Center, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• J. Lucian Davis,

  Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Curry International Tuberculosis Center, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• William Worodria,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

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• Saskia den Boon,

  Affiliation Makerere University-University of California San Francisco Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

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• Nelson Kalema,

  Affiliation Makerere University-University of California San Francisco Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

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• Winceslaus Katagira,

  Affiliation Makerere University-University of California San Francisco Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

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• Sylvia Kaswabuli,

  Affiliation Makerere University-University of California San Francisco Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

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• Cecily Miller,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Alfred Andama,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Heidi Albert,

  Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Kampala, Uganda

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• Pamela Nabeta,

  Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Christen Gray,

  Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Irene Ayakaka,

  Affiliation Makerere University-University of California San Francisco Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

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• Laurence Huang

  Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, HIV/AIDS Division, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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