Value of single acid-fast bacilli sputum smears in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-positive subjects [4]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1709-1710

  Vignesh, Ramachandran ^a   Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu ^a   Shankar, Esaki Muthu ^a   Murugavel, Kailapuri Gangatharan ^a   Hanas, Settu ^a   Cecelia, Anitha Jebaraj ^a   Solomon, Suniti ^a   Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran ^a  

^a YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 37249089774     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47497-0     Document Type: Letter

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