Evaluation of bleach-sedimentation for sterilising and concentrating Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens

BACKGROUND: Bleach-sedimentation may improve microscopy for diagnosing tuberculosis by sterilising sputum and concentrating Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We studied gravity bleach-sedimentation effects on safety, sensitivity, speed and reliability of smear-microscopy. METHODS: This blinded, controlled...

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Autori principali: Chew, Rusheng, Calderón, Carmen, Schumacher, Samuel G, Sherman, Jonathan M, Caviedes, Luz, Fuentes, Patricia, Coronel, Jorge, Valencia, Teresa, Hererra, Beatriz, Zimic, Mirko, Huaroto, Lucy, Sabogal, Ivan, Escombe, A Rod, Gilman, Robert H, Evans, Carlton A
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2011
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3213181/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21985457
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-269
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