Fast, simple and cheap: method modified from conventional cultivation for tuberculosis diagnosis allows seeding on Löwenstein-Jensen of any swab-embedded pulmonary samples decontaminated with sodium hydroxide.
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DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trab162
Abstract: BACKGROUND Few tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in low-income countries have access to culture facilities in their primary care diagnostic centres and this scenario may have worsened with the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Thus the aim… read more here.
Keywords: samples decontaminated; swab embedded; wenstein jensen; swab ... See more keywords