Comparative Evaluation of Microscopy and Culture Methods in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in HIV Infected Patients

Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease with considerable public health problem due to its person to person transmission, morbidity and mortality. To evaluate the performance of different laboratory methods such as direct microscopy, concentration methods and culture in the diagnosis of pulmona...

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Main Authors: Praveen C. Shetty, Gopalkrishna Bhat K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
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Online Access:https://microbiologyjournal.org/comparative-evaluation-of-microscopy-and-culture-methods-in-the-diagnosis-of-pulmonary-tuberculosis-in-hiv-infected-patients/