Yield of culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in sputum samples transported from tribal areas

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 478-482

  Bhat, Jyothi ^a   Selvakumar, N ^b   Rao, V G ^a   Gopi, P G ^b   Yadav, R ^a   Wares, D F ^c  

^a Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^c Office of the WHO Representative to India   (India)

Author keywords

M. tuberculosis complex; Prevalence survey; Refrigeration; Sputum transportation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT RECOVERY; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REFRIGERATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79952783631     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0234     Document Type: Article

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