Comparative performance of thin layer agar and löwenstein-jensen culture for diagnosis of tuberculosis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Battaglioli, T ^a   Rintiswati, N ^b   Martin, A ^a   Palupi, K R ^b   Bernaerts, G ^a   Dwihardiani, B ^b   Ahmad, R A ^b   Matthys, F ^a   Mahendradhata, Y ^b   Van der Stuyft, P ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Culture; Rapid detection; Sensitivity; Thin Layer Agar; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; THIN LAYER AGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LOWENSTEIN JENSEN CULTURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TURNAROUND TIME;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

CULTURE; RAPID DETECTION; SENSITIVITY; THIN LAYER AGAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGAR; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885481546     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12265     Document Type: Article

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