Geographic differences in time to culture conversion in liquid media: Tuberculosis Trials Consortium study 28. Culture conversion is delayed in Africa.

Tuberculosis Trials Consortium Study 28, was a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 2 clinical trial examining smear positive pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Over the course of intensive phase therapy, patients from African sites had substantially delayed and lower rates of cult...

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Main Authors: William R Mac Kenzie, Charles M Heilig, Lorna Bozeman, John L Johnson, Grace Muzanye, Denise Dunbar, Kenneth C Jost, Lois Diem, Beverly Metchock, Kathleen Eisenach, Susan Dorman, Stefan Goldberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3073969?pdf=render