Test and treat: A new standard for smear-positive tuberculosis

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Davis, J Lucian ^a,b   Dowdy, David W ^c   Den Boon, Saskia ^b   Walter, Nicholas D ^b,d   Katamba, Achilles ^b   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84865801132     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182614bc5     Document Type: Letter

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