Spot or early morning sample for mycobacterial culture: which?
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
; 18(3): 310-1, 2014 Mar.
Article
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| ID: mdl-24670567
ABSTRACT
Drug resistance studies ideally require two sputum specimens, one spot and one early morning, for culture in Löwenstein-Jensen medium. Although the type of specimen plays a major role in the detection of acid-fast bacilli using microscopy, this type of specimen collection puts unnecessary pressure on patients. Two sputum samples, one on the spot and another in the early morning, collected from 179 TB patients in cetylpyridinium chloride and processed for culture, yielded respectively 89.9% and 87.7% culture positivity, while culture positivity increased to 93.3% when both specimens were tested.
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01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Manejo de Especímenes
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Esputo
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Tuberculosis Pulmonar
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Técnicas Bacteriológicas
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Tuberculosis Resistente a Múltiples Medicamentos
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India