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José Antonio Gullón Blanco | Zendy; Isabelle Suárez | Zendy; María Lecuona | Zendy; Rosario Fernández | Zendy; Gemma Rubinós | Zendy; A. Artiles Medina | Zendy; C. Cabrera | Zendy; Irene González González | Zendy

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Time to culture conversion in smokers with pulmonary tuberculosis

Author(s) -

José Antonio Gullón Blanco,

Isabelle Suárez,

María Lecuona,

Rosario Fernández,

Gemma Rubinós,

A. Artiles Medina,

C. Cabrera,

Irene González González

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

monaldi archives for chest disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 2465-101X

pISSN - 1122-0643

DOI - 10.4081/monaldi.2009.358

Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , logistic regression , sputum culture , tuberculosis , culture conversion , pulmonary tuberculosis , univariate analysis , stepwise regression , disease , multivariate analysis , pathology

It has been reported that tobacco smoking slows the sterilisation of sputum culture in pulmonary tuberculosis, but the factors that could delay culture conversion in patients who smoke are not known. Our aim is to identify the factors influencing sputum culture conversion in smokers with pulmonary tuberculosis.

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