Prevalence of smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis among patients visiting St. Peter's tuberculosis Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-24

  Desta, Kassu ^a   Asrat, Daniel ^a   Lemma, Eshetu ^b   Gebeyehu, Mekdes ^b   Feleke, Beniam ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c CDC Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Smear microscopy; mycobacterial culture; Smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM; STANDARD; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; X-RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350497640     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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