Same-day smears in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1459-1463

  Hirao, S ^a   Yassin, M A ^a   Khamofu, H G ^a   Lawson, L ^b   Cambanis, A ^c   Ramsay, A ^a   Cuevas, L E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ZANKLI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Nigeria)

^c St Elizabeth General Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; HIV; Nigeria; Same day; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABUJA [ABUJA (ADS)]; ABUJA [NIGERIA]; AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 36749058982     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01952.x     Document Type: Article

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