| Literature DB >> 23224098 |
Saskia Janssen1, Xavier Padanilam, Rianna Louw, Russel Mahanyele, Gerrit Coetzee, Thomas Hänscheid, Tjalling Leenstra, Martin P Grobusch.
Abstract
Discharge of a hospital patient after a single negative sputum culture may save money when treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. However, after initial sputum conversion in 336 South Africans, 11.6% and 5.4% reconverted after 1 and 2 months, respectively. These findings endorse the WHO definitions of 2 negative cultures taken ≥ 30 days apart after sputum culture conversion.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23224098 PMCID: PMC3553933 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02837-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948