Feasibility of shortening respiratory isolation with a single sputum nucleic acid amplification test

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 300-305

  Campos, Michael ^a   Quartin, Andrew ^a   Mendes, Eliana ^a   Abreu, Alexandre ^a   Gurevich, Samuel ^a   Echarte, Luis ^a   Ferreira, Tanira ^b   Cleary, Timothy ^a   Hollender, Elena ^a,b   Ashkin, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b A G Holley State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Nucleic acid amplification; Sensitivity; Specificity; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST SINGLE SPUTUM NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY ISOLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 48249154962     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200803-381OC     Document Type: Article

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