Same day sputum smear microscopy approach for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a microscopy centre at Rajahmundry

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 141-144

  Jaya Chandra, T ^a  

^a GSL Medical college ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Same day (SS2) approach; Sputum smear microscopy (ssm); Standard (SM) approach; Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84867166940     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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