Time to Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Sputum Culture Correlates With Outcome in Patients Receiving Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the time to detection (TTD) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum culture correlates with the response to antituberculous treatment in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Twenty-six consecutive patients were studied who had active pulmonary tube...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1998-02, Vol.113 (2), p.379-386
Hauptverfasser:	Epstein, Matthew D., Schluger, Neil W., Davidow, Amy L., Bonk, Stanley, Rom, William N., Hanna, Bruce
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acids Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Female Follow-Up Studies Forecasting HIV HIV Infections - complications Human bacterial diseases Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Infectious diseases Lung - diagnostic imaging Male Medical records Medical sciences Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - growth & development Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification outcome Patient Compliance Patients Radiography Remission Induction Retrospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Single-Blind Method Sputum - microbiology Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications Time Factors treatment Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - surgery Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - surgery
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