Fluorescence microscopy for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia

Background: Despite its low sensitivity, microscopy remains the main method for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in most laboratories in Ethiopia. Few studies have evaluated the performance of light-emitting diode fluorescent microscopy (LED-FM) in bleach-concentrated smear-negative sputum sp...

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Main Authors: Gemeda Abebe, Dossegnaw Aragaw, Mulualem Tadesse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2020-09-01
Series:African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
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Online Access:https://ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/810