Induced sputum improves the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospitalized patients in Gaborone, Botswana. - Concepedia

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Induced sputum improves the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospitalized patients in Gaborone, Botswana.

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2008

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M. Lee Morse, Judd B. Kessler, Svenja Albrecht, Kim R, Rameshwari Thakur, Rudo Nthobatsang, Koobiditse Radisowa, Collonel Maunatlala, Won Hyun Yang, MacGregor Rr,

Abstract

Induced sputum cultures greatly enhanced M. tuberculosis detection in patients with a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in a hospital without access to bronchoscopy.