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Why oral antiseptic mouth rinsing before sputum collection cannot reduce contamination rate of mycobacterial culture in Burkina-Faso

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis by culture in most resource-limited settings is hampered by high contamination rate varying up to 31%. Reduction of oral microorganism loads by mouth rinse with antiseptic before sputum collection showed a reduction of contamination. Moreover, knowing the char...

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Autores principales: Kabore, Antoinette, Tranchot-Diallo, Juliette, Sanou, Adama, Hien, Hervé, Daneau, Géraldine, Gomgnimbou, Michel Kireopori, Meda, Nicolas, Sangaré, Lassana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6531976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31148957
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i1.3