Direct microscopy versus sputum cytology analysis and bleach sedimentation for diagnosis of tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic study

BACKGROUND: Diagnostic options for pulmonary tuberculosis in resource-poor settings are commonly limited to smear microscopy. We investigated whether bleach concentration by sedimentation and sputum cytology analysis (SCA) increased the positivity rate of smear microscopy for smear-positive tubercul...

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Autores principales: Hepple, Pamela, Nguele, Pascal, Greig, Jane, Bonnet, Maryline, Sizaire, Vinciane
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20858253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-276

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20858253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-276

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