Induced sputum improves the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospitalized patients in Gaborone, Botswana

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1279-1285

  Morse, M ^a,b   Kessler, J ^a,c   Albrecht, S ^a,d   Kim, R ^a,e   Thakur, R ^a,f   Nthobatsang, R ^f   Radisowa, K ^g   Maunatlala, C ^g   Yang, W ^a   MacGregor, R R ^a   Friedman, Harvey M ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^f BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^g National TB Reference Laboratory   (Botswana)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Induced sputum; Smear negative tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BOTSWANA; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STOMACH CONTENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BOTSWANA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 56249134914     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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