Abandon the Acid-Fast Bacilli Smear for Patients With TB on Effective Treatment

Chest. 2023 Jul;164(1):21-23. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.02.006.

Authors

Ryan Cooper¹, Margaret Williams², Kevin P Fennelly³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
² Intramural Research Training Award Program, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
³ Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Electronic address: Kevin.Fennelly@nih.gov.

PMID: 37423694
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.02.006

No abstract available

Keywords: TB; acid-fast bacilli; infectiousness; sputum.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
Sputum
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*