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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |