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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Main Authors: Stone, B L, Burman, W J, Hildred, M V, Jarboe, E A, Reves, R R, Wilson, M L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1997
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC229731/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9157126
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