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Review of Organism Density and Bacteriologic Conversion of Sputum among Tuberculosis Patients

OBJECTIVE: This study sought to describe the trend of sputum organism density and the rate of bacteriological conversion among smear positive TB patients assessing care at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, Ghana. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective patient folder review from Janua...

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Autores principales:	Osei, Francis Adjei, Enimil, Anthony, Ansong, Daniel, Laryea, Dennis Odai, Mensah, Nicholas Karikari, Amuzu, Evans Xorse, Agyemang, Ebenezer Opambour, Sarpong, Phans Oduro, Nyanor, Isaac, Dekugmen Yar, Denis
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2017
Materias:	Review Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7052583

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