Usefulness of Sputum Induction with Hypertonic Saline in a Real Clinical Practice for Bacteriological Yields of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterial identification in active pulmonary tuberculosis (APTB) is confirmative, even though successful rates using self-expectorated sputum are limited. Sputum specimens collected by hypertonic saline nebulization showed higher bacteriologic diagnostic sensitivities over those of s...

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Autores principales: Seong, Gil Myeong, Lee, Jaechun, Lee, Jong Hoo, Kim, Jeong Hong, Kim, Miok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24851129
http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2014.76.4.163

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24851129
http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2014.76.4.163

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