Cargando…
Oral Antimicrobial Rinse to Reduce Mycobacterial Culture Contamination among Tuberculosis Suspects in Uganda: A Prospective Study
RATIONALE: Contamination by bacterial or fungal organisms reduces the effectiveness of mycobacterial culture for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). We evaluated the effect of an anti-microbial and an anti-fungal oral rinse prior to expectoration on culture-contamination rates. METHODS: We enr...
Autores principales: | Kalema, Nelson, Boon, Saskia Den, Cattamanchi, Adithya, Davis, J. Lucian, Andama, Alfred, Katagira, Winceslaus, Everett, Charles, Walter, Nicholas, Byanyima, Patrick, Kaswabuli, Sylvia, Worodria, William, Huang, Laurence |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Public Library of Science
2012
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3395623/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038888 |
Ejemplares similares
-
Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF Testing on Tuberculosis Management and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients in Uganda
por: Yoon, Christina, et al.
Publicado: (2012) -
Low Prevalence of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) but High Prevalence of Pneumocystis dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) Gene Mutations in HIV-Infected Persons in Uganda
por: Taylor, Steve M., et al.
Publicado: (2012) -
Diagnostic performance of blood inflammatory markers for tuberculosis screening in people living with HIV
por: Farr, Katherine, et al.
Publicado: (2018) -
Feasibility and Sensitivity of Saliva GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Adults in Uganda
por: Byanyima, Patrick, et al.
Publicado: (2022) -
Role of interferon-gamma release assays in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with advanced HIV infection
por: Cattamanchi, Adithya, et al.
Publicado: (2010)