Tuberculosis
Recent findings from University of Stellenbosch highlight research in tuberculosis
Published in Tuberculosis Week, January 12th, 2009
"A widely-used test for the assessment of response to treatment is sputum smear examination. Patients who are smear positive after 2 and 3 months of treatment are said to have delayed and significantly delayed treatment responses respectively. Time to positivity (TTP) values of Bactec cultures, from the first 2 weeks of treatment were used to predict delayed and significantly delayed...
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Source: Tuberculosis Week (2009-01-12)
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