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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Publicado no:	J Clin Microbiol
Principais autores:	Mathew, Philip, Kuo, Yen-Hong, Vazirani, Bindu, Eng, Robert H. K., Weinstein, Melvin P.
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2002
Assuntos:	Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Acesso em linha:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC130719/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12202598/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.9.3482-3484.2002
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