Sputum, sex and scanty smears: new case definition may reduce sex disparities in smear-positive tuberculosis.
SETTING: Urban clinic, Nairobi. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of specimen quality and different smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) case (SPC) definitions on SPC detection by sex. DESIGN: Prospective study among TB suspects. RESULTS: A total of 695 patients were recruited: 644 produced > or...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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