Quality assessment of sputum smear microscopy for detection of acid fast bacilli in peripheral health care facilities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 306-310

  Basra, D ^a   Matee, M I N ^b   McNerney, R ^c  

^a Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM; STAINING; STANDARD; TANZANIA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33748492328     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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