Active Case Finding of Pulmonary Tuberculosis through Screening of Respiratory Symptomatics Using Sputum Microscopy: Is It Time to Change the Paradigm?

Background. One of the main strategies for the early detection of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is through the screening of individuals with symptoms compatible with PTB. Although this is programmatic strategy for active case finding, its yield is not well known. Objective. To determine the yield of...

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Autores principales: del Portillo-Mustieles, Eva Carolina, Laniado-Laborín, Rafael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/312824

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/312824

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