The diagnostic yield of acid-fast-bacillus smear-positive sputum specimens.
The yield of mycobacterial culture from acid-fast-bacillus smear-positive sputum specimens was 387 or 439 (88.2%). Forty-nine of 52 culture-negative specimens came from patients on treatment. We conclude that the yield of culture from smear-positive sputum specimens is very high and that only two ac...
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| Published in: | J Clin Microbiol |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
1997
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC229731/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9157126/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.35.4.1030-1031.1997 |
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