Microcolony culture techniques for tuberculosis diagnosis: A systematic review

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-23

  Leung, E ^a,b   Minion, J ^a,b,c   Benedetti, A ^a,b   Pai, M ^a,b   Menzies, Dick ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

MODS; New diagnostics; Thinlayer agar; Tuberculosis culture; Tuberculosis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION DRUG SENSITIVITY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIN LAYER AGAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGAR; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84555220698     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0065     Document Type: Review

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