Comparison of modified Petroff′s and N-acetyl-L-cysteine-sodium hydroxide methods for sputum decontamination in tertiary care hospital in India

Background : Tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death worldwide, killing nearly two million people each year. Sputum decontamination with N-acetyl-L-cysteine-sodium hydroxide (NALC-NaOH) is expected to improve detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) by culture better than that with...

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Hlavní autoři:	Mukesh Sharma, Rabindra Nath Misra, Nageswari Rajesh Gandham, Savita Vivek Jadhav, Kalpana Angadi, Vivian Wilson
Médium:	Artigo
Jazyk:	Inglês
Vydáno:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Edice:	Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University
Témata:	Decontamination Mycobacterium tuberculosis tuberculosis Ziehl-Neelsen Staining
On-line přístup:	http://www.mjdrdypu.org/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2012;volume=5;issue=2;spage=97;epage=100;aulast=Sharma
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