Tuberculosis diagnostics: Innovating to make an impact

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-384

  Ghanashyam, Bharathi ^a  

^a Akshaya Patra Foundation   (India)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE FINDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79955078511     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.11.18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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