Sputum Microscopy With Fluorescein Diacetate Predicts Tuberculosis Infectiousness
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Sputum Microscopy With Fluorescein Diacetate Predicts Tuberculosis Infectiousness
Background Sputum from patients with tuberculosis contains subpopulations of metabolically active and inactive Mycobacterium tuberculosis with unknown implications for infectiousness. Methods We assessed sputum microscopy with fluorescein diacetate (FDA, evaluating M. tuberculosis metabolic activity) for predicting infectiousness. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was quantified in pretreatment sput...
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Karen R Steingart, Andrew Ramsay and Madhukar Pai Author for correspondence Deptartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montréal Chest Institute, 1020 Pine Avenue West, Montréal H3A 1A2, Canada Tel.: +1 514 398 5422 Fax: +1 514 398 4503 [email protected] Expert Rev. Anti Infect. Ther. 5(3), 327–331 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix229