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Performance of Frontloading for Smear Microscopy in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Referral Hospital in Uganda
OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of frontloading and the standard WHO method for diagnosis of pulmonary TB at Mulago Hospital in order to validate the technique in this setting. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study in which 229 adult (≥18 years) TB suspects were consecutively enrolled. Sus...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3483226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23144768 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048531 |