Microbiological Testing of Gastric Aspirate Improves the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Unconscious Adults with TB Meningitis

Conventional sputum collection for TB diagnosis is difficult in TB meningitis patients since most of them are admitted with decreased consciousness. It is assumed that unconscious patients swallow their sputum; therefore, gastric aspiration can replace sputum collection in unconscious patients. A pr...

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Autores principales: Ganiem, Ahmad Rizal, Djung, Lilya Wati, Chaidir, Lidya, Gamayani, Uni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33419313
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr12030025

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7768513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33419313
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/idr12030025

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