Cough-aerosol cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the prediction of outcomes after exposure. A...
Cough-aerosol cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the prediction of outcomes after exposure. A household contact study in Brazil
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures of cough-generated aerosols from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are a quantitative method to measure infectiousness and to predict secondary outcomes in exposed contacts. However, their reproducibility has not been established.
To evaluate the predictive value of colony-forming units (CFU) of M. tub...
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Cough-aerosol cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the prediction of outcomes after exposure. A household contact study in Brazil
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_63ec575a3d9b4485999facac42b6d172
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_63ec575a3d9b4485999facac42b6d172
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0206384
