Spot or early morning sample for mycobacterial culture: Which?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 310-311

  Das, D ^a   Dwibedi, B ^a   Kar, S K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Cetylpyridinium chloride; Culture; M. tuberculosis; Sputum

Indexed keywords

CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SPUTUM; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CETYLPYRIDINIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84894256140     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0786     Document Type: Article

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