Sputum processing methods to improve the sensitivity of smear microscopy for tuberculosis: a systematic review.

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Published in Lancet Infect Dis on October 01, 2006

Authors

Karen R Steingart1, Vivienne Ng, Megan Henry, Philip C Hopewell, Andrew Ramsay, Jane Cunningham, Richard Urbanczik, Mark D Perkins, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Madhukar Pai

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Prevention of Tuberculosis in Prisons | NCT03028129

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