An alternative 1-day smear microscopy protocol for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Respirology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1127-1130

  Rawat, Jagdish ^a   Biswas, Debasis ^a   Sindhwani, Girish ^a   Masih, Victor ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

diagnosis; pulmonary tuberculosis; smear microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PERFORMANCE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMEAR; SPUTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COUGH; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77957259679     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01827.x     Document Type: Article

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