Culturing stool specimens has no added value in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis
Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) may face challenges in providing sputum specimens for diagnosis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is potentially present in the stool due to swallowed sputum. Therefore easy-to-obtain stool could be used as an alternative to sputum sampling. However, the ev...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579424000858 |