Implementation of the thin layer agar method for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a setting with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Homa Bay, Kenya

A Martin; PM Waweru; FB Okatch; NA Ouma; L Bonte; F Varaine; F Portaels

doi:10.1128/JCM.00264-09

Implementation of the thin layer agar method for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a setting with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Homa Bay, Kenya

A Martin, PM Waweru, FB Okatch, NA Ouma, L Bonte, F Varaine, F Portaels

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Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	47
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	2632-2634
Number of pages	3
ISSN	0095-1137
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00264-09
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Bacterial diseases
Tuberculosis
Smear-negative
Laboratory diagnosis
Thin layer agar
Sensitivity
Affordability
Evaluation studies
Kenya
Africa-East

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Martin, A., Waweru, PM., Okatch, FB., Ouma, NA., Bonte, L., Varaine, F., & Portaels, F. (2009). Implementation of the thin layer agar method for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a setting with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Homa Bay, Kenya. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47(8), 2632-2634. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00264-09

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Implementation of the thin layer agar method for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a setting with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Homa Bay, Kenya. / Martin, A; Waweru, PM; Okatch, FB; Ouma, NA; Bonte, L; Varaine, F; Portaels, F.

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