Cotton wool swabs provide a convenient medium for the collection, transport and storage of sputum for the subsequent molecular investigation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Wiessler
R E
RE
Department of Clinical Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Collart
J P
JP
McNerney
R
R
Wilson
S M
SM
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*