An alternative strategy for the storage and transport of sputum specimens for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis drug resistance surveys
Lumb, Richard; Ardian, M; Waramori, G; Syahrial, H; Tjitra, Emiliana; Maguire, Graeme; Anstey, Nicholas; Kelly, Paul
Description
SETTING: A district level tuberculosis (TB) programme in Indonesia. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether a single sputum specimen could be stored by refrigeration for an extended period of time, then transported to a reference laboratory and successfully cultured for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. METHODS: Single sputum specimens were collected from newly diagnosed smear-positive pulmonary TB patients, refrigerated at the study site without addition of 1% cetylpyridinium chloride, batched and sent to...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2006 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/28297 |
Source: | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
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