Sputum monitoring during tuberculosis treatment for predicting outcome

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 160-

  Humbwavali, Joao Baptista ^a   Trujillo, Nely J ^a   Paim, Betina S ^a   Wolff, Fernando H ^a   Barcellos, Nêmora T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952013684     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70043-3     Document Type: Letter

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