Diagnosis of tuberculosis: Urgent need to strengthen laboratory services

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 394-396

  Kehinde, Aderemi O ^a,b   Obaseki, Festus A ^a,b   Cadmus, Solomon I ^a,b   Bakare, Raheed A ^a,b  

^a University College Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Laboratory services; Tuberculosis; WHO

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; TUBERCULIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENTATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SMEAR; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; POVERTY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 14644426566     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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