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Time to positivity in liquid culture predicts colony forming unit counts of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens.
- Source :
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Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) [Tuberculosis (Edinb)] 2014 Mar; Vol. 94 (2), pp. 148-51. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 18. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Time to liquid culture positivity (TTP) is a technically accessible and widely available measure of viable mycobacterial load in sputum samples. We describe the ability of TTP to predict colony forming unit counts of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum samples collected before or during the first 14 days of antituberculosis therapy.<br /> (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Antitubercular Agents pharmacology
Colony Count, Microbial
Female
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Microbial Viability drug effects
Reproducibility of Results
Time Factors
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary immunology
Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use
Bacteriological Techniques
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification
Sputum microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-281X
- Volume :
- 94
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24456754
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2013.12.002