title: Cotton wool swabs provide a convenient medium for the collection, transport and storage of sputum for the subsequent molecular investigation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
authors: Department of Clinical Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
authors: R E
authors: RE
authors: Wiessler
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Collart
authors: R
authors: R
authors: McNerney
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Wilson
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*