Comparison of two versus three smears in identifying culture-positive tuberculosis patients in a rural African setting with high HIV prevalence

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 994-999

  Crampin, A C ^a   Floyd, S ^a   Mwaungulu, F ^a   Black, G ^a   Ndhlovu, R ^a   Mwaiyeghele, E ^a   Glynn, J R ^a   Warndorff, D K ^a   Fine, P E M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnosis; HIV; Smears; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE;

ARTICLE; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TIME;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035208205     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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