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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...
Autores principales: | Ravindra, Adimulam Ganga, Rajaram, Manju, Dwivedi, Dharm Prakash, Mohanty Mohapatra, Madhusmita, Palanivel, Chinnakali, Ramakrishnan, Jayalakshmi, Saka, Vinod Kumar |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2018
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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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