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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2011-2-17
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pubmed:abstractText |
Smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) case detection rates are far below targets in most low-income countries. The standard approach to smear microscopy involves sputum collection over multiple days and examination of sputum smears by light microscopy (LM), an insensitive and time-consuming technique.
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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 |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Feb
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pubmed:issn |
1535-4970
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pubmed:author |
pubmed-author:ByanyimaPatrickP,
pubmed-author:CattamanchiAdithyaA,
pubmed-author:DavisJ LucianJL,
pubmed-author:HopewellPhilip CPC,
pubmed-author:HuangLaurenceL,
pubmed-author:KalemaNelsonN,
pubmed-author:KatagiraWinceslausW,
pubmed-author:MatovuJohnJ,
pubmed-author:WorodriaWilliamW,
pubmed-author:YooSamuelS,
pubmed-author:den BoonSaskiaS
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pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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pubmed:day |
15
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pubmed:volume |
183
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
547-51
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Microscopy, Fluorescence,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Microscopy, Polarization,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Reproducibility of Results,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Sensitivity and Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Specimen Handling,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Sputum,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Tuberculosis, Pulmonary,
pubmed-meshheading:20851925-Uganda
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pubmed:year |
2011
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Integrated strategies to optimize sputum smear microscopy: a prospective observational study.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. acattamanchi@medsfgh.ucsf.edu
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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