Reducing the string test intra-gastric downtime for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1436-1440

  Bae, W H ^a   Salas, A ^b   Brady, M F ^c   Coronel, J ^d   Colombo, C G L ^d   Castro, B ^d   Gilman, R H ^d,e,f   Moore, David A J ^d,e,f,g  

^a HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DOS DE MAYO   (Peru)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g Laboratorio de Investigación de Enfermedades Infecciosas   (Peru)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; String test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; STOMACH SECRETION; STRING SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 58049206248     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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