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10492279

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
Identification of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in the sputum smear at the completion of tuberculosis therapy is in some settings considered evidence of treatment failure. However, some patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) will have positive smear results with negative sputum culture results at the end of therapy. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of persisting positive sputum smear results in patients with TB and to identify characteristics that distinguish patients with persistently positive sputum smear results who also had negative sputum culture results from patients identified as treatment failures.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
726-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The significance of the persistent presence of acid-fast bacilli in sputum smears in pulmonary tuberculosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article