Cavitary Disease and Quantitative Sputum Bacillary Load in Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

We examined sputum bacterial loads in adults with newly diagnosed tuberculosis using quantitative culture and time-until-positive (DTP) culture in BACTEC 460. Patients with cavitary disease had higher CFU levels than those without cavities and shorter DTPs. Within radiographic strata of moderately a...

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Main Authors: Palaci, Moises, Dietze, Reynaldo, Hadad, David Jamil, Ribeiro, Fabiola Karla Corrêa, Peres, Renata Lyrio, Vinhas, Solange Alves, Maciel, Ethel Leonor Noia, do Valle Dettoni, Valdério, Horter, Libby, Boom, W. Henry, Johnson, John L., Eisenach, Kathleen D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2007
Subjects:
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2168542/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17928422
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01780-07
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