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| Title: | Quantitative bacillary response to treatment in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected and M. africanum infected adults with pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Authors: | Joloba, Moses L.
Johnson, J. L.
Namale, A.
Morrissey, A.
Assegghai, A. E.
Rüsch-Gerdes, S.
Mugerwa, R. D.
Ellner, J. J.
Eisenach, K. D. |
| Keywords: | Mycobacterium tuberculosis
M. africanum
Colony forming units
Radiometric
Tuberculosis
Chemotherapy |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2001 |
| Publisher: | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) |
| Citation: | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2001, 5(6):579–582 |
| Abstract: | Data regarding possible differences in microbiological response to therapy of disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. africanum are limited. Presenting clinical characteristics and sputum bacillary load during standard short-course chemotherapy in patients with newly-diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis due to M. tuberculosis (n = 7) and M. africanum (n = 6) were compared. Changes in sputum bacillary load were measured using quantitative acid-fast bacilli smears, colony forming unit assay, and time until positive culture in the BACTEC® radiometric system. Presentation and response to short course chemotherapy were comparable between patients infected with M. tuberculosis and those infected with M. africanum. |
| Description: | The original publication is available from http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuatld/ijtld |
| URI: | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuatld/ijtld/2001/00000005/00000006/art00016
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuatld/ijtld
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/983 |
| ISSN: | 1027-3719 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Bio-Medical)
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