Sputum induction: Simpler, cheaper, and safer - But is it better?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 676-677

  Menzies, Dick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SAFETY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SAFETY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0037364396     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2212008     Document Type: Editorial

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