LED-Fluorescence Microscopy for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis under Programmatic Conditions in India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Reza, Lord Wasim ^a   Satyanarayna, Srinath ^a   Enarson, Donald A ^a   Kumar, Ajay M V ^a   Sagili, Karuna ^a   Kumar, Sujeet ^a   Prabhakar, Levi Anand ^a   Devendrappa, N M ^a   Pandey, Ashish ^a   Wilson, Nevin ^a   Chadha, Sarabjit ^a   Thapa, Badri ^a   Sachdeva, Kuldeep Singh ^b   Kohli, Mohan P ^a,b  

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

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885138917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075566     Document Type: Article

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