Diagnosing tuberculosis in a resource-poor setting: The value of sputum concentration

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 420-421

  Wilkinson, David ^a,c   Sturm, A Wim ^b  

^a Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Sputum concentration; Tuberculosis; Ziehl neelsen smear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030862941     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90263-7     Document Type: Article

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