Application of modern microbiological diagnostic methods for tuberculosis in Macha, Zambia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1127-1131

  Verweij, K E ^a,b   Kamerik, A R ^a,b   Van Ingen, J ^c   Van Dijk, J H ^a   Sikwangala, P ^a   Thuma, P ^a   Nouwen, J L ^b   Van Soolingen, D ^c  

^a Macha Hospital   (Zambia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auramine; MGIT; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Tuberculosis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIQUID CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BENZOPHENONEIDUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77956585212     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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