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Research on life sciences published by A. Martin et al

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 15th, 2009

According to recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, "The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a low-cost method, the thin layer agar (TLA) method, for the diagnosis of smear-negative patients. This prospective study was performed in Homa Bay District Hospital in Kenya."

"Out of 1,584 smear-negative sputum samples, 212 (13.5%) were positive by culture in Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) and 220 (14%) were positive by the TLA method. The sensitivities of LJ and TLA were 71% and 74%, respectively," wrote A. Martin and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "TLA could become an affordable method for...

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