Bleach sedimentation: an opportunity to optimize smear microscopy for tuberculosis diagnosis in settings of high prevalence of HIV.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the performance and feasibility of tuberculosis diagnosis by sputum microscopy after bleach sedimentation, compared with by conventional direct smear microscopy, in a setting of high prevalence of HIV. METHODS: In a community-based study in Kenya...

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主要な著者: Bonnet, M, Ramsay, A, Githui, W, Gagnidze, L, Varaine, F, Guerin, P
フォーマット: Journal article
言語:English
出版事項: 2008

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