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Rapid Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Tuberculosis Using Immunology and Microbiology with Induced Sputum in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Individuals

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Blood-based studies have demonstrated the potential of immunological assays to detect tuberculosis. However lung fluid sampling may prove superior as it enables simultaneous microbiological detection of mycobacteria to be performed. Until now this has only been possible usi...

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Autores principales: Breen, Ronan A. M., Hardy, Gareth A. D., Perrin, Felicity M. R., Lear, Sara, Kinloch, Sabine, Smith, Colette J., Cropley, Ian, Janossy, George, Lipman, Marc C. I.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18092001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001335