Adequacy of examining one sputum specimen in tuberculosis drug resistance surveys | Zendy

Balaji Subramanyam | Zendy; Vanaja Kumar | Zendy; Prabu Seenivasan | Zendy; R. Radhakrishnan | Zendy; Gomathi Sekar | Zendy; Kannan Thiruvengadam | Zendy; Chandrasekaran Vedhachalam | Zendy; Soumya Swaminathan | Zendy; Nagamiah Selvakumar | Zendy

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Adequacy of examining one sputum specimen in tuberculosis drug resistance surveys

Author(s) -

Balaji Subramanyam,

Vanaja Kumar,

Prabu Seenivasan,

R. Radhakrishnan,

Gomathi Sekar,

Kannan Thiruvengadam,

Chandrasekaran Vedhachalam,

Soumya Swaminathan,

Nagamiah Selvakumar

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of mycobacteriology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2212-554X

pISSN - 2212-5531

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.04.002

Subject(s) - sputum , medicine , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , drug resistance , veterinary medicine , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology

Collection of one spot and one morning sputum specimen is recommended for tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance surveys. This was a retrospective analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures isolated from two spot sputum specimens collected from smear positive TB patients in a TB drug resistance survey. It was conducted to understand the value of a second specimen.

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