Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Primary Care

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 450-458

  Brett Major, David M ^a   Walsh, Thomas E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AURAMINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33845203074     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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