Impact of sputum gross appearance and volume on smear positivity of pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Although checking specimen quality upon sputum collection for acid-fast smear of suspected tuberculosis (TB) cases is recommended, this procedure is based on expert opinion. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the impact of sputum gross appearance and volume on smear positivity am...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Soon Ho, Lee, Nyoung Keun, Yim, Jae Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3449203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22853561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-172

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3449203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22853561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-172

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