Evaluation of the Kudoh swab method for the culturing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in rural areas

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-471

  Jaspe, Rossana C ^b   Rojas, Yeimy M ^b   Flores, Lalis A ^b   Sofia Toro, E ^b   Takiff, Howard ^c   De Waard, Jacobus H ^a,b  

^a Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Kudoh swab method; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Petroff

Indexed keywords

SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

BACTERIUM; DIGESTION; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MICROSCOPY; RURAL AREA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KUDOH SWAB METHOD; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; VENEZUELA;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 62449316149     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02236.x     Document Type: Article

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