Time to detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as an alternative to quantitative cultures

Tuberculosis

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-259

  Bark, C M ^a,f   Okwera, A ^b,c   Joloba, M L ^c,d   Thiel, B A ^a   Nakibali, J G ^b,c   Debanne, S M ^a   Boom, W H ^a,c   Eisenach, K D ^e   Johnson, J L ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ugandan National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme   (Uganda)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

BACTEC; Colony forming units; Time to detection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CULTURE; TIME TO DETECTION;

EID: 79955676080     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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