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Statistical Evaluation of Two Microbiological Diagnostic Methods of Pulmonary Tuberculosis After Implementation of a Directly Observed Treatment Short-course Program

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of smear and culture tests of clinical samples of pulmonary tuberculosis after the introduction of the directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) program. METHODS: Using sputum samples from 572 individuals as a self-selected population, both Ziehl...

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Autores principales: Rath, Shakti, Dubey, Debasmita, Sahu, Mahesh C., Mishra, Sudhanshu S., Padhy, Rabindra N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24159529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2012.12.004