Mobile digital fluorescence microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1774-1778

  Tapley, Asa ^a   Switz, Neil ^b   Reber, Clay ^b   Davis, J Lucian ^c,d   Miller, Cecily ^c   Matovu, John Baptist ^d,e   Worodria, William ^d,e   Huang, Laurence ^c,d   Fletcher, Daniel A ^b   Cattamanchi, Adithya ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE DIGITAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 84878490030     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03432-12     Document Type: Article

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