The impact of sputum quality on tuberculosis diagnosis a systematic review

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 537-544

  Ho, J ^a,b   Marks, G B ^a,b   Fox, G J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Sputum appearance; Sputum microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUEBEC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84928883656     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0798     Document Type: Article

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