Evaluation of mobile digital light-emitting diode fluorescence microscopy in Hanoi, Viet Nam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1068-1072

  Chaisson, L H ^a   Reber, C ^b   Phan, H ^a   Switz, N ^b   Nilsson, L M ^b   Myers, F ^b   Nhung, N V ^c   Luu, L ^d   Pham, T ^e   Vu, C ^e   Nguyen, H ^e   Nguyen, A ^e   Dinh, T ^e   Nahid, P ^a   Fletcher, D A ^b   Cattamanchi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Vietnam National Lung Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^d Hanoi Health Services Department   (Viet Nam)

^e Hanoi Lung Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Digital microscopy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL LIGHT EMITTING DIODE FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; DIGITAL MICROSCOPE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MICROSCOPE; MOBILE DIGITAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM;

EID: 84939194759     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0018     Document Type: Article

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