Optimizing sputum smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2007 Jun;5(3):327-31. doi: 10.1586/14787210.5.3.327.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System
  • Histocytological Preparation Techniques
  • Humans
  • Microscopy*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sputum / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*