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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...
Autores principales: | Uddin, Mohammad Khaja Mafij, Chowdhury, Md Raihan, Ahmed, Shahriar, Rahman, Md Toufiq, Khatun, Razia, van Leth, Frank, Banu, Sayera |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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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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