Reducing Tuberculosis Detection Costs

Use of sputum culture for diagnosis of tuberculosis is an inefficient detection technique in a disease of declining prevalence. We found such testing at our 400 bed acute care hospital resulted in less than 2 percent positive when done with prior patient screening. In an effort to minimize detection...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1984-12, Vol.86 (6), p.860-862
Hauptverfasser:	Soo Hoo, Guy W., Palmer, Darwin L., Sopher, Roger L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Cytological Techniques - economics Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Sputum - microbiology Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - economics Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
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