Open AccessBleach Sedimentation: An Opportunity to Optimize Smear Microscopy for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Settings of High Prevalence of HIV
Author(s) -
Maryline Bonnet,
Andrew Ramsay,
Willie Githui,
L Gagnidze,
Francis Varaine,
Philippe J. Guérin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/587891
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , tuberculosis , ziehl–neelsen stain , acid fast , bleach , population , pathology , chemistry , environmental health , organic chemistry
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the performance and feasibility of tuberculosis diagnosis by sputum microscopy after bleach sedimentation, compared with by conventional direct smear microscopy, in a setting of high prevalence of HIV.
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