Incremental yield of serial sputum cultures for diagnosis of tuberculosis among HIV infected smear negative pulmonary TB suspects in Kampala, Uganda.
<h4>Background</h4>Sputum culture is the gold standard for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Although mostly used for research, culture is recommended by the World Health Organization for TB diagnosis among HIV infected smear negative PTB suspects. Even then, the number of sputu...
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Autores principales: | Willy Ssengooba, Noah Kiwanuka, David P Kateete, Achilles Katamba, Moses L Joloba |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012
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