Optimizing tuberculosis testing for basic laboratories

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 896-901

  Ramos, Eric ^a,d   Schumacher, Samuel G ^a,b,d   Siedner, Mark ^c,d   Herrera, Beatriz ^a,d   Quino, Willi ^a,d   Alvarado, Jessica ^a,d   Montoya, Rosario ^a,b,d   Grandjean, Louis ^a,d   Martin, Laura ^a,d   Sherman, Jonathan M ^a,d   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b,c,d   Evans, Carlton A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BROTH DILUTION; CENTRIFUGATION; COLORIMETRY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYRINGE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; FILTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SPUTUM; STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLORIMETRY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958059284     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0566     Document Type: Article

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