Trial reportJournal of clinical microbiology2012
Evaluation of processing methods to equitably aliquot sputa for mycobacterial testing.
Trial report in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Guidance for Studies Evaluating the Accuracy of Sputum-Based Tests to Diagnose Tuberculosis.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Prospective cross-sectional evaluation of the small membrane filtration method for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2014Article
- Ultraviolet light enhances the bovine serum albumin fixation for acid fast bacilli stain.PloS one · 2014Article
- Increased sensitivity in diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients through the small-membrane-filter method of microscopy.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2013Article
- The small membrane filter method of microscopy to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2012Article
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Abstract
We compared bacillary loads after splitting sputum specimens by chemical (N-acetyl-l-cysteine [NALC]) and mechanical homogenization by vortexing with sterile glass beads. NALC and vortexing with glass beads were equally effective at homogenizing sputum specimens, resulting in an equal distribution of tubercle bacilli in the aliquots.
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