Spot sputum samples are at least as good as early morning samples for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Spot sputum samples are at least as good as early morning samples for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Abstract Background The use of early morning sputum samples (EMS) to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) can result in treatment delay given the need for the patient to return to the clinic with the EMS, increasing the chance of patients being lost during their diagnostic workup. However, there is little evi...

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Main Authors: Michael E. Murphy, Patrick P. J. Phillips, Carl M. Mendel, Emily Bongard, Anna L. C. Bateson, Robert Hunt, Saraswathi Murthy, Kasha P. Singh, Michael Brown, Angela M. Crook, Andrew J. Nunn, Sarah K. Meredith, Marc Lipman, Timothy D. McHugh, Stephen H. Gillespie, On behalf of the REMoxTB Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Smear microscopy
Early morning sputum
Spot sputum
Diagnostics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0947-9

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