LED fluorescence microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: A multi-country cross-sectional evaluation

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Cuevas, Luis Eduardo ^a,b   Al Sonboli, Najla ^c   Lawson, Lovett ^d   Yassin, Mohammed Ahmed ^a   Arbide, Isabel ^e   Al Aghbari, Nasher ^c   Sherchand, Jeevan Bahadur ^f   Al Absi, Amin ^g   Emenyonu, Emmanuel Nnamdi ^d   Merid, Yared ^h   Okobi, Mosis Ifenyi ⁱ   Onuoha, Juliana Olubunmi ^d   Aschalew, Melkamsew ^h   Aseffa, Abraham ^j   Harper, Greg ^a   de Cuevas, Rachel Mary Anderson ^a   Theobald, Sally Jane ^a   Nathanson, Carl Michael ^b   Joly, Jean ^b   Faragher, Brian ^a   Squire, Stephen Bertel ^a   Ramsay, Andrew ^b   more..

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^d ZANKLI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Nigeria)

^e Bushullo Major Health Centre   (Ethiopia)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^g National Tuberculosis Institute   (Yemen)

^h Southern Region Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ Wuse General Hospital   (Nigeria)

^j ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LED FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NIGERIA; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOT MORNING SPOT; SPOT SPOT MORNING; SPUTUM SMEAR; YEMEN; ZIEHL NEELSEN SMEAR MICROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SPUTUM;

ADULT; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960926115     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001057     Document Type: Article

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