Clinical Study
An Early Morning Sputum Sample Is Necessary for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Even with More Sensitive Techniques: A Prospective Cohort Study among Adolescent TB-Suspects in Uganda
Table 3
Diagnostic yield of TB for the spot and incremental diagnostic yield (not total) of EM sputum sample cultures ().
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n: number, IY: incremental yield, LJ: Lowenstein Jensen, MGIT: mycobacterium growth indicator tube, EM: early morning. |