SIMPLE MEASURES ARE AS EFFECTIVE AS INVASIVE TECHNIQUES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN MALAWI

SETTING: Detection of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases is vital for tuberculosis control. Methods to augment sputum collection are available but their additional benefit is uncertain in resource-limited settings. OBJECTIVE: To compare the diagnostic yields using five methods to obta...

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Hoofdauteurs: Bell, David J, Dacombe, Russell, Graham, Stephen M, Hicks, Alexander, Cohen, Danielle, Chikaonda, Tarsizio, French, Neil, Molyneux, Malcolm E, Zijlstra, Ed E, Squire, S Bertel, Gordon, Stephen B
Formaat: Artigo
Taal:Inglês
Gepubliceerd in: 2009
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Online toegang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873674/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19105886
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