Adequacy of examining one sputum specimen in tuberculosis drug resistance surveys

Objective/background: Collection of one spot and one morning sputum specimen is recommended for tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance surveys. This was a retrospective analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures isolated from two spot sputum specimens collected from smear positive TB patients in a T...

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Main Authors: Subramanyam Balaji, Vanaja Kumar, Prabu Seenivasan, R Radhakrishnan, Gomathi Sekar, Thiruvengadam Kannan, Vedhachalam Chandrasekaran, Soumya Swaminathan, Nagamiah Selvakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=3;spage=265;epage=268;aulast=Balaji