HIV-related incremental yield of bleach sputum concentration and fluorescence technique for the microscopic detection of tuberculosis

SI Eyangoh, G Torrea, MC Tejiokem, Y Kamdem, FF Piam, J Noeske, A Van Deun

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    Original languageEnglish
    JournalEuropean Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
    Volume27
    Issue number9
    Pages (from-to)849-855
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0934-9723
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

    Keywords

    • B780-tropical-medicine
    • Viral diseases
    • HIV
    • AIDS
    • Co-infections
    • Bacterial diseases
    • Tuberculosis
    • Case detection
    • Bleach sputum concentration
    • Fluorescence microscopy
    • Ziehl-Neelsen smear
    • Evaluation
    • Feasibility
    • Sensitivity
    • False-positive
    • Developing countries
    • Comparative study

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