Evaluation of Combined LED-Fluorescence Microscopy and Bleach Sedimentation for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis at Peripheral Health Service Level

BACKGROUND: Sputum microscopy is the only diagnostic for tuberculosis (TB) available at peripheral levels of health service in resource-poor countries. Its sensitivity is reduced in high HIV-prevalence settings. Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) specimen sedimentation prior microscopy and light-emitting d...

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Autores principales: Bonnet, Maryline, Gagnidze, Laramie, Guerin, Philippe J., Bonte, Laurence, Ramsay, Andrew, Githui, Willie, Varaine, Francis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3105008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21655284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020175

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3105008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21655284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020175

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