Oral antimicrobial rinse to reduce mycobacterial culture contamination among tuberculosis suspects in uganda: A prospective study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Kalema, Nelson ^a   de n Boon, Saskian ^a   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^a,b   Davis, J Lucian ^a,b   Andama, Alfred ^a   Katagira, Winceslaus ^a   Everett, Charles ^a,b   Walter, Nicholas ^a,c   Byanyima, Patrick ^a   Kaswabuli, Sylvia ^a   Worodria, William ^a   Huang, Laurence ^b,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; MOUTHWASH; NYSTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLORHEXIDINE; COINFECTION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COUGH; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUTHWASHES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NYSTATIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863729071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038888     Document Type: Article

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