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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...
Autores principales: | Yoon, Soon Ho, Lee, Nyoung Keun, Yim, Jae Joon |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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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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