Evaluation of the phenol ammonium sulfate sedimentation smear microscopy method for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3017-3020

  Selvakumar, N ^a   Rahman, Fathima ^a   Garg, Renu ^a   Rajasekaran, S ^a   Mohan, Nalini Sunder ^a   Thyagarajan, K ^a   Sundaram, V ^a   Santha, T ^a   Frieden, Thomas R ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOL AMMONIUM SULFATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SEDIMENTATION; SPUTUM SMEAR;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036701665     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3017-3020.2002     Document Type: Article

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