Comparison of C18-carboxypropylbetaine and standard N-acetyl-L-cysteine-NaOH processing of respiratory specimens for increasing tuberculosis smear sensitivity in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3219-3222

  Scott, Cherise P ^a   Dos Anjos Filho, Luciano ^a   De Queiroz Mello, Fernanda Carvalho ^a   Thornton, Charles G ^a   Bishai, William R ^a   Fonseca, Leila S ^a   Kritski, Afrânio L ^a   Chaisson, Richard E ^a   Manabe, Yukari C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMPHOLYTE; BETAINE; CARBOXYPROPYLBETAINE C 18; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; C(18) CARBOXYPROPYLBETAINE; C(18)-CARBOXYPROPYLBETAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTRIFUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; STAINING;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETAINE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; HUMANS;

EID: 0036708309     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3219-3222.2002     Document Type: Article

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