Quality of sputum in the performance of polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-120

  da Silva, Rosemeri Maurici ^a   Bazzo, Maria Luiza ^a   Chagas, Mariana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Sputum; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

EID: 77954805751     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(10)70022-2     Document Type: Article

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