Supervised and induced sputum among patients with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1085-1090

  Chang, K C ^a,c   Leung, C C ^a   Yew, W W ^b   Tam, C M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Wanchai Chest Clinic   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Induced sputum; Supervised sputum; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; ALGORITHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPUTUM;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 47049120051     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00122907     Document Type: Article

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