Judging respiratory specimen acceptability for AFB microscopy: Visual vs. microscopic screening

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 571-575

  Khan, Mishal S ^a   Dar, Osman ^b   Tahseen, Sabira ^c   Godfrey Faussett, Peter ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c National TB Control Program   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pakistan; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; SALIVA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

BACILLI (CLASS);

EID: 65649145069     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02260.x     Document Type: Article

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