Cavitary Disease and Quantitative Sputum Bacillary Load in Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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- 1 December 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (12), 4064-4066
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01780-07
Abstract
We examined sputum bacterial loads in adults with newly diagnosed tuberculosis using quantitative culture and time-until-positive (DTP) culture in BACTEC 460. Patients with cavitary disease had higher CFU levels than those without cavities and shorter DTPs. Within radiographic strata of moderately and far advanced tuberculosis, higher CFU counts were associated with cavitary disease.Keywords
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