Multiple sampling in one day to optimize smear microscopy in children with tuberculosis in Yemen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Al Aghbari, Nasher ^a   Al Sonboli, Najla ^b   Yassin, Mohammed A ^c   Coulter, John B S ^c   Atef, Zayed ^b   Al Eryani, Ali ^b   Cuevas, Luis E ^c  

^a National Tuberculosis Institute   (Yemen)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; GASTRIC SUCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YEMEN; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROSCOPY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN;

EID: 65249146598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005140     Document Type: Article

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