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Marcus Barreto Conde

Researcher at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Publications -  63
Citations -  3103

Marcus Barreto Conde is an academic researcher from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tuberculosis & Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 63 publications receiving 2856 citations.

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Moxifloxacin versus ethambutol in the initial treatment of tuberculosis: a double-blind, randomised, controlled phase II trial

TL;DR: A phase II, double-blind, randomised controlled trial of a regimen that included moxifloxacin in adults with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis at one hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil found improved culture conversion in the initial phase of tuberculosis treatment.
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Yield of sputum induction in the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis.

TL;DR: The yield of sputum cultures obtained by SI is high in patients suspected of having pleural TB even in those cases with no pulmonary parenchymal abnormalities on the chest radiograph, and the yield of bacteriologic examination of the pleural biopsy tissue had the highest diagnostic yield.