Mycobacteria in stool specimens: the nonvalue of smears for predicting culture results.

A previous recommendation suggests that stool be cultured for mycobacteria only if the smear is positive. We have correlated smear and culture results of 2,176 stool specimens submitted for mycobacterial culture. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for smears to...

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Publié dans:	J Clin Microbiol
Auteurs principaux:	Morris, A, Reller, L B, Salfinger, M, Jackson, K, Sievers, A, Dwyer, B
Format:	Artigo
Langue:	Inglês
Publié:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1993
Sujets:	Research Article
Accès en ligne:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC262947/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8501249/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.31.5.1385-1387.1993
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