The utility of stool cultures for diagnosing tuberculosis in people living with the human immunodeficiency virus

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1023-1028

  Oramasionwu, G E ^a   Heilig, C M ^a   Udomsantisuk, N ^b   Kimerling, M E ^c   Eng, B ^a   Nguyen, H D ^d   Thai, S ^e   Keo, C ^f   McCarthy, K D ^a   Varma, J K ^g   Cain, K P ^a  

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

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease   (Viet Nam)

^e Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE   (Cambodia)

^f Tuberculosis Laboratory   (Cambodia)

^g Division of Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriological techniques; Diagnostic tests; HIV; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Routine; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SPUTUM; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM;

EID: 84880490604     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0061     Document Type: Article

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