Use of the Ogawa-Kudoh method to isolate mycobacteria in a tuberculosis reference laboratory in northwestern Paraná, Brazil
Culturing is the gold standard method for confirming a diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). The Brazilian Ministry of Health recently proposed the use of the Ogawa-Kudoh method for sputa cultures to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate 8 years of using the Ogawa...
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Main Authors: | Fernanda Schaefer Borges da Silva (Author), Aline Lemes Castilho (Author), Flaviane Granero Maltempe (Author), Rosangela Zampieri Pina (Author), Elisa Keiko Hirayama Takao (Author), Vera Lúcia Dias Siqueira (Author), Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso (Author), Katiany Rizzieri Caleffi-Ferracioli (Author) |
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Universidade de São Paulo,
2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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