Diagnostic accuracy of same-day microscopy versus standard microscopy for pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-154

  Davis, J Lucian ^a   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^a   Cuevas, Luis E ^b   Hopewell, Philip C ^a   Steingart, Karen R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRONT LOADED MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; META ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; SPUTUM SMEAR MICROSCOPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84872607123     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70232-3     Document Type: Article

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