Research Article

Novel hypertonic saline-sodium hydroxide (HS-SH) method for decontamination and concentration of sputum samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis microscopy and culture

Journal of Medical Microbiology 2008; 57(9):1094 · https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001339-0

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Abstract

1 Laboratorio de Microbiología Clínica, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

2 Laboratorio de Micobacteriología, Oficina General de Epidemiología, Ministerio de Salud, Lima, Peru

3 Programa Nacional para el Control de la Tuberculosis, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

4 Mycobacteriology Unit, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium