Same-day Smear Method Compared with Conventional Sputum Method for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Background Patient compliance with the two-day Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme’s (RNTCP) diagnostic process for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is poor in high case load settings, with a high dropout rate observed on the second day. Hence, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommen...

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Autores principales: Ravindra, Adimulam Ganga, Rajaram, Manju, Dwivedi, Dharm Prakash, Mohanty Mohapatra, Madhusmita, Palanivel, Chinnakali, Ramakrishnan, Jayalakshmi, Saka, Vinod Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Preventive Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094118
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2761

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094118
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2761

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