Impact of introducing fluorescent microscopy on hospital tuberculosis control: A before-after study at a high caseload medical center in Taiwan

BACKGROUND: Undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients hospitalized because of comorbidities constitute a challenge to TB control in hospitals. We aimed to assess the impact of introducing highly sensitive fluorescent microscopy for examining sputum smear to replace conventional microscopy under a high...

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Autores principales: Sun, Hsin-Yun, Wang, Jann-Yuan, Chen, Yee-Chun, Hsueh, Po-Ren, Chen, Yi-Hsuan, Chuang, Yu-Chung, Fang, Chi-Tai, Chang, Shan-Chwen, Wang, Jung-Der
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7122812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32243434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230067

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7122812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32243434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230067

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