Sputum microscopy for the diagnosis of HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Matee, Mecky ^a   Mtei, Lillian ^a   Lounasvaara, Tarja ^b   Wieland Alter, Wendy ^c   Waddell, Richard ^c   Lyimo, Johnson ^a   Bakari, Muhammad ^a   Pallangyo, Kisali ^a   Von Reyn, C Fordham ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BACTERIAL COUNT; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SPUTUM;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 40549134659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-68     Document Type: Article

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