Value of single acid-fast bacilli sputum smears in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-positive subjects

J Med Microbiol. 2007 Dec;56(Pt 12):1709-1710. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.47497-0.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
  • HIV Seropositivity*
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Sputum / microbiology*
  • Staining and Labeling / methods
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / blood
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*