Use of string test and stool specimens to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-52

  DiNardo, Andrew R ^a   Hahn, Andrew ^a   Leyden, Jacinta ^b   Stager, Charles ^a   Baron, Ellen Jo ^c,d   Graviss, Edward A ^e   Mandalakas, Anna M ^a,f   Guy, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CEPHEID   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Stool; String test; Tuberculosis; Xpert MTB RIF

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; STRING TEST; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948951551     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.10.022     Document Type: Article

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