Short-term bleach digestion of sputum in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients co-infected with HIV

Tuberculosis

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 368-372

  Lawson, L ^a,b   Yassin, M A ^b   Ramsay, A ^b   Emenyonu, E N ^a   Thacher, T D ^c   Davies, P D O ^d   Squire, S B ^b   Cuevas, L E ^b  

^a ZANKLI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Nigeria)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^d LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleach; Diagnosis; Digestion; HIV; Nigeria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISINFECTANTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34250613411     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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