| Title |
High yield of culture-based diagnosis in a TB-endemic setting
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-218 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anne-Marie Demers, Suzanne Verver, Andrew Boulle, Robin Warren, Paul van Helden, Marcel A Behr, David Coetzee |
| Abstract |
In most of the world, microbiologic diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is limited to microscopy. Recent guidelines recommend culture-based diagnosis where feasible. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 53 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 19% |
| Unknown | 8 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 34% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Materials Science | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 19% |
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