Guided sputum sample collection and culture contamination rates in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB;Associação entre coleta de escarro guiada e taxas de contaminação de culturas para o diagnóstico de TB pulmonar

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 460-463

  Maciel, Ethel Leonor Noia ^a   do Prado, Thiago Nascimento ^a   Peres, Renata Lyrio ^a   Palaci, Moises ^a   Johnson, John L ^b   Dietze, Reynaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture techniques; Sputum microbiology; Tuberculosis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPUTUM;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 67849083514     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132009000500012     Document Type: Article

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