Factors Affecting Time to Sputum Culture Conversion in Adults with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Historical Cohort Study without Censored Cases

BACKGROUND: In patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), shortening the time to sputum culture conversion is desirable to reduce the likelihood of mycobacterial transmission. A persistent positive sputum culture after 2 months of treatment is reported to be associated with the presence of cavitatio...

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Autores principales: Kanda, Rie, Nagao, Taishi, Tho, Nguyen Van, Ogawa, Emiko, Murakami, Yoshitaka, Osawa, Makoto, Saika, Yoshinori, Doi, Kenji, Nakano, Yasutaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26558764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142607

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26558764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142607

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