Front-Loading Sputum Microscopy Services: An Opportunity to Optimise Smear-Based Case Detection of Tuberculosis in High Prevalence Countries

Front-Loading Sputum Microscopy Services: An Opportunity to Optimise Smear-Based Case Detection of Tuberculosis in High Prevalence Countries

Setting. Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, and Yemen. Objective. To reduce the time to complete sputum microscopy. Design. Cross-sectional surveys enrolling 923 patients with chronic cough in the 4 countries and using similar protocols. Spot-morning-spot sputum specimens were collected. An additional spu...

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Main Authors: Andy Ramsay, Mohammed Ahmed Yassin, Alexis Cambanis, Susumu Hirao, Ahmad Almotawa, Mohamed Gammo, Lovett Lawson, Izabel Arbide, Nasher Al-Aghbari, Najla Al-Sonboli, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, Punita Gauchan, Luis Eduardo Cuevas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/398767

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