Are patients on treatment for pulmonary TB who stop expectorating sputum genuinely culture negative?

Thorax. 2009 Nov;64(11):1009-10. doi: 10.1136/thx.2009.115915.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Sputum / metabolism
  • Sputum / microbiology*
  • Time Factors
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents