Evaluation of the Phenol Ammonium Sulfate Sedimentation Smear Microscopy Method for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

We compared the sensitivity and specificity of the phenol ammonium sulfate (PhAS) sediment smear microscopy method for detection of acid-fast bacilli with those of direct smear microscopy, using culture results for Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the “gold standard.” The sensitivities of the PhAS and...

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Main Authors: Selvakumar, N., Rahman, Fathima, Garg, Renu, Rajasekaran, S., Mohan, Nalini Sunder, Thyagarajan, K., Sundaram, V., Santha, T., Frieden, Thomas R., Narayanan, P. R.
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: American Society for Microbiology 2002
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC120642/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12149368
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.8.3017-3020.2002
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