A pilot study of short-duration sputum pretreatment procedures for optimizing smear microscopy for tuberculosis.

<h4>Background</h4>Direct sputum smear microscopy for tuberculosis (TB) lacks sensitivity for the detection of acid fast bacilli. Sputum pretreatment procedures may enhance sensitivity. We did a pilot study to compare the diagnostic accuracy and incremental yield of two short-duration (<1 hour) sput...

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Hauptverfasser:	Peter Daley, Joy Sarojini Michael, Kalaiselvan S, Asha Latha, Dilip Mathai, K R John, Madhukar Pai
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-05-01
Schriftenreihe:	PLoS ONE
Online-Zugang:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0005626&type=printable
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