The diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: The practice of sputum smear examination in Malawi

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 896-900

  Harries, A D ^a,c   Nyirenda, T E ^a   Banerjee, A ^a   Boeree, M J ^a,b   Salaniponi, F M L ^a  

^a National Tuberculosis Control Programme Malawi   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c British High Commission Lilongwe   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis; Sputum smear examination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); COUGHING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MALAWI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032869993     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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