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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2009-4-30
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pubmed:abstractText |
Laboratories in low-income countries report that acid-fast microscopy is insensitive and nonspecific. We demonstrate that for a Ugandan population with high prevalences of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection, acid-fast microscopy is highly sensitive (93.1%) and specific (100%) when performed by trained technologists in a carefully controlled manner using established techniques.
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pubmed:grant |
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pubmed:commentsCorrections |
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
1098-660X
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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pubmed:volume |
47
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1553-5
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2011-3-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-HIV Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Health Services Research,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Microscopy,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Sensitivity and Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Sputum,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Tuberculosis, Pulmonary,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Uganda,
pubmed-meshheading:19297594-Young Adult
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pubmed:year |
2009
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pubmed:articleTitle |
High sensitivity and specificity of acid-fast microscopy for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in an African population with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1508, USA.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Evaluation Studies,
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural,
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
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