Evaluation of the performance of two liquid-phase culture media for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a national hospital in Lima, Peru

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-45

  Soto, Alonso ^a   Agapito, Juan ^a   Acuña Villaorduña, Carlos ^a   Solari, Lely ^a   Samalvides, Frine ^b   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; MGIT; Middlebrook; Ogawa; Sensitivity and specificity; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57849147174     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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