Sputum Microscopy With Fluorescein Diacetate Predicts Tuberculosis Infectiousness

BACKGROUND: Sputum from patients with tuberculosis contains subpopulations of metabolically active and inactive Mycobacterium tuberculosis with unknown implications for infectiousness. METHODS: We assessed sputum microscopy with fluorescein diacetate (FDA, evaluating M. tuberculosis metabolic activi...

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Autores principales: Datta, Sumona, Sherman, Jonathan M, Tovar, Marco A, Bravard, Marjory A, Valencia, Teresa, Montoya, Rosario, Quino, Willi, D’Arcy, Nikki, Ramos, Eric S, Gilman, Robert H, Evans, Carlton A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Major Articles and Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28510693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix229

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