A Comparative Study on Same Day Sputum Smear Microscopy with the Conventional Method in the Diagnosis of Sputum Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis(TB) as a global emergency in 1993 and still is a major health problem across the world.The basis of the WHO recommendation comes from a Meta analysis and several studies which showed same day sputum microscopy has similar diagn...

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Published in:	National Journal of Community Medicine
Main Authors:	Mahesh Gupta, Manju Toppo, Lokendra Dave, Jeewan Singh Meena, Daneshwar Singh, Soumitra Sethia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Medsci Publications 2017-08-01
Subjects:	Sputum conversion Tuberculosis microscopy Bacilli
Online Access:	https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/1217

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