Performance of frontloading for smear microscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study at a referral hospital in Uganda.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of frontloading and the standard WHO method for diagnosis of pulmonary TB at Mulago Hospital in order to validate the technique in this setting. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study in which 229 adult (≥18 years) TB suspects were consecutively enrolled. Sus...

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Päätekijät: Penelope Miremba, Joan N Kalyango, William Worodria, Henry Mugerwa, Ethel Nakakawa, Benon B Asiimwe
Aineistotyyppi: Artigo
Kieli:Inglês
Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Sarja:PLoS ONE
Linkit:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3483226?pdf=render
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