Efficacy and safety of short-term bleach digestion of sputum in case-finding for pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 678-683

  Yassin, M A ^a,b   Cuevas, Luis E ^a   Gebrexabher, H ^c   Squire, S B ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Southern Region Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bleach smears; Diagnosis; Efficacy; Safety; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STAINING; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING;

CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; SAFETY; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0038451498     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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