Comparison of direct versus concentrated smear microscopy in detection of pulmonary tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Sputum smear microscopy is fast and inexpensive technique for detecting tuberculosis (TB) in high incidence areas but has low sensitivity. Physical and chemical sputum processing along with centrifugation have been found to show promise in overcoming this limitation. Our objective was to...

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Autores principales: Uddin, Mohammad Khaja Mafij, Chowdhury, Md Raihan, Ahmed, Shahriar, Rahman, Md Toufiq, Khatun, Razia, van Leth, Frank, Banu, Sayera
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23885922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-291

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23885922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-291

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