How many sputum smears are necessary for case finding in pulmonary tuberculosis?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 927-932

  Yassin, Mohammed A ^a,b   Cuevas, Luis E ^b  

^a TB/Leprosy and Blindn Contr Prog   (Ethiopia)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case finding; PTB; Serial AFB; Southern region of Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; TESTING METHOD; TUBERCULOSIS;

CASE FINDING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0142184474     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01107.x     Document Type: Review

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