Pretreatment time to detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in liquid culture is associated with relapse after therapy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 538-

  Bark, Charles M ^a   Thiel, Bonnie A ^a   Johnson, John L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT INFECTION; RELAPSE; TIME; TIME TO DETECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECURRENCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84862908128     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06193-11     Document Type: Letter

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