Performance of LED-based fluorescence microscopy to diagnose tuberculosis in a peripheral health centre in Nairobi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Bonnet, Maryline ^a   Gagnidze, Laramie ^a   Githui, Willie ^b   Guérin, Philippe Jean ^a   Bonte, Laurence ^c   Varaine, Francis ^c   Ramsay, Andrew ^d  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; ZIEHL NEELSEN MICROSCOPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIODE LASER; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCTIVITY; SPUTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; EFFICIENCY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SATELLITE; HUMANS; KENYA; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951994718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017214     Document Type: Article

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