Microscopy compared to culture for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in induced sputum samples: A systematic review

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 579-588

  Hepple, Pamela ^a,b   Ford, N ^a,c   McNerney, R ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culture; Microscopy; Sensitivity; Sputum induction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREATHING EXERCISE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPISTAXIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUCED SPUTUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; STOMACH LAVAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84859707048     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0617     Document Type: Review

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