Methods for diagnosing tuberculosis among in-patients in eastern Africa whose sputum smears are negative. - Concepedia

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Methods for diagnosing tuberculosis among in-patients in eastern Africa whose sputum smears are negative.

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1997

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Badara Samb, D. Henzel, Daley Cl, Ferdinand Mugusi, Théodore Niyongabo, N Mlika-Cabanne, G Kamanfu, P Aubry, I Mbaga, Bernard Larouzé,

Abstract

This methodological approach provides a means for diagnosing TB among all AFB smear-negative hospitalized patients. In this setting, simple clinical symptoms alone are helpful. Similar studies are needed to develop a system for out-patient TB suspects.