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ArticleJournal of infection in developing countries2014

One year experience using mycobacterial blood cultures to diagnose tuberculosis in patients with prolonged fever in Vietnam.

Diep N T Nguyen, Trung V Nguyen, Trinh T Dao, Lam T Nguyen, Peter Horby, Kinh V Nguyen, Heiman F L Wertheim

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Article in Journal of infection in developing countries, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Diep N T NguyenWellcome Trust Major Overseas Program Vietnam, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Hanoi, Vietnam. diepntn0120@gmail.com.
Trung V Nguyen
Trinh T Dao
Lam T Nguyen
Peter Horby
Kinh V Nguyen
Heiman F L Wertheim
Hospital for Tropical Diseases · VNOxford University Clinical Research Unit · VN

Funding

Wellcome Trust 089276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTo evaluate the use of mycobacterial blood cultures (MBC) in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in patients with prolonged fever admitted to a Vietnamese referral hospital.

resultsMBCs from 94 patients (66% male; median age 33 years; 75% HIV positive) were evaluated: 14 were mycobacterium positive (all HIV positive), and MBC was the only positive specimen in 9 cases (41%). Three positive cases were identified as Mycobacterium avium and the remaining M. tuberculosis (one case could not be identified).

conclusionMBC can be a valuable additional method to diagnose TB, particularly in immunosuppressed HIV patients when sputum cannot be collected.

Indexed as

AdultBacteriological TechniquesBloodFemaleFeverHumansMaleMycobacterium aviumMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisVietnam

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PMID25500661
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