Exhaled Mycobacterium tuberculosis output and detection of subclinical disease by face-mask sampling: prospective observational studies

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis remains a global health challenge, with early diagnosis key to its reduction. Face-mask sampling detects exhaled Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We aimed to investigate bacillary output from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and to assess the potential of face-mask sampling a...

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Autores principales: Williams, Caroline M, Abdulwhhab, Mohamad, Birring, Surinder S, De Kock, Elsabe, Garton, Natalie J, Townsend, Eleanor, Pareek, Manish, Al-Taie, Alaa, Pan, Jingzhe, Ganatra, Rakesh, Stoltz, Anton C, Haldar, Pranabashis, Barer, Michael R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science ;, The Lancet Pub. Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30707-8

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