Commercial serological tests for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: do they work?

Author:

Steingart Karen R1,Ramsay Andrew2,Pai Madhukar3

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA and, Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center, 3180 18th Street, Suite 102, San Francisco, CA 94110-2028, USA.

2. World Health Organization, UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.

3. McGill University, Dept. of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, Montréal, Canada and, Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montréal Chest Institute 1020 Pine Avenue West Montreal, Canada.

Publisher

Future Medicine Ltd

Subject

Microbiology (medical),Microbiology

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2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reported tuberculosis in the United States, 2005. US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC. Atlanta, USA (2006).

3. Sputum processing methods to improve the sensitivity of smear microscopy for tuberculosis: a systematic review

4. Recent advances in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis

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