Incremental yield of bronchial washing for diagnosing smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis
OBJECTIVE To assess the increased diagnostic yield for pulmonary tuberculosis using bronchial washing cultures compared with sputum cultures. METHODS Study conducted with 61 adults in Lima, Peru, from January 2006 to December 2007. The yield of sputum cultures was compared with the yield of acid-f...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2013-08-01
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| Series: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102013000600813&lng=en&tlng=en |