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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Main Authors: Mathew, Philip, Kuo, Yen-Hong, Vazirani, Bindu, Eng, Robert H. K., Weinstein, Melvin P.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: American Society for Microbiology 2002
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Acesso em linha: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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