Open AccessClinical Evaluation of Tuberculosis Viability Microscopy for Assessing Treatment Response
Author(s) -
Sumona Datta,
James M. Sherman,
Marjory A. Bravard,
Teresa Valencia,
R. H. Gilman,
Carlton A. Evans
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.1093/cid/ciu1153
Subject(s) - sputum , medicine , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
It is difficult to determine whether early tuberculosis treatment is effective in reducing the infectiousness of patients' sputum, because culture takes weeks and conventional acid-fast sputum microscopy and molecular tests cannot differentiate live from dead tuberculosis.
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