LED Fluorescence Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Multi-Country Cross-Sectional Evaluation

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in resource-limited settings relies on Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) smear microscopy. LED fluorescence microscopy (LED-FM) has many potential advantages over ZN smear microscopy, but requires evaluation in the field. The aim of this study was to assess the sensit...

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Autores principales: Cuevas, Luis Eduardo, Al-Sonboli, Najla, Lawson, Lovett, Yassin, Mohammed Ahmed, Arbide, Isabel, Al-Aghbari, Nasher, Bahadur Sherchand, Jeevan, Al-Absi, Amin, Emenyonu, Emmanuel Nnamdi, Merid, Yared, Okobi, Mosis Ifenyi, Onuoha, Juliana Olubunmi, Aschalew, Melkamsew, Aseffa, Abraham, Harper, Greg, Anderson de Cuevas, Rachel Mary, Theobald, Sally Jane, Nathanson, Carl-Michael, Joly, Jean, Faragher, Brian, Squire, Stephen Bertel, Ramsay, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo 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/PMC3134458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21765809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001057

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21765809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001057

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