Integrated strategies to optimize sputum smear microscopy: A prospective observational study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-551

  Cattamanchi, Adithya ^a   Huang, Laurence ^a,b   Worodria, William ^c,d   Den Boon, Saskia ^d   Kalema, Nelson ^d   Katagira, Winceslaus ^d   Byanyima, Patrick ^d   Yoo, Samuel ^d   Matovu, John ^c   Hopewell, Philip C ^a   Davis, J Lucian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Smear positive case detection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA;

EID: 79951845510     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201008-1207OC     Document Type: Article

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