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- Title
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patients smear-negative for acid-fast bacilli.
- Authors
Behr, M A; Warren, S A; Salamon, H; Hopewell, P C; Ponce de Leon, A; Daley, C L; Small, P M
- Abstract
The microscopic examination of sputum for acid-fast bacilli, is a simple and rapid test that is used to provide a presumptive diagnosis of infectious tuberculosis. While patients with tuberculosis with sputum smears negative for acid-fast bacilli are less infectious than those with positive smears, both theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that they can still transmit Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We aimed to estimate the risk of transmission from smear-negative individuals.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 1999, Vol 353, Issue 9151, p444
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(98)03406-0