In reply

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1558-1559

  Van Deun, Armand ^a,b   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^c,d   Davis, J Lucian ^c,d   Ridderhof, John ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ZIEHL NEELSEN MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NOTE;

HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84867203832     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0407-2     Document Type: Letter

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