Yield of fluorescence microscopy versus culture for tuberculosis at a middle-income country referral hospital

A Van Deun; R Chuquiyauri; G Torrea; J Agapito; K Verdonck; E Gotuzzo

doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.012

Yield of fluorescence microscopy versus culture for tuberculosis at a middle-income country referral hospital

A Van Deun, R Chuquiyauri, G Torrea, J Agapito, K Verdonck, E Gotuzzo

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Original language	English
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	102
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	564-569
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0035-9203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.012
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Bacterial diseases
Tuberculosis
Diagnosis
Fluorescence microscopy
Acid-fast bacilli
Ziehl-Neelsen smear
Culture
Auramine
Sensitivity
Comparative study
Peru
America-Latin

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