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Are Three Sputum Acid-Fast Bacillus Smears Necessary for Discontinuing Tuberculosis Isolation?
To evaluate the efficacy of three sputum acid-fast bacillus (AFB) smears to rule out pulmonary tuberculosis, sputum AFB smear and culture results were analyzed at two university-affiliated teaching hospitals. The negative predictive value of the smear increased by only 0.2% on days 2 and 3 each, ind...
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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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American Society for Microbiology
2002
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| Acceso en liña: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC130719/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12202598 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.9.3482-3484.2002 |
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