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The effectiveness of sputum pH analysis in the prediction of response to therapy in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Purpose. The predictive factor of response to antituberculous therapy has not been fully elucidated. Airway acidity has been thought to be a potential indicator of the bactericidal activity. Therefore, we hypothesized that monitoring airway acidity by measuring sputum pH could predict response to th...

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Autores principales: Masuda, Makoto, Sato, Takashi, Sakamaki, Kentaro, Kudo, Makoto, Kaneko, Takeshi, Ishigatsubo, Yoshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26644982
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1448