title: Value of single acid-fast bacilli sputum smears in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-positive subjects.
authors.affiliation: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India.
authors.forename: Ramachandran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vignesh
authors.affiliation: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India.
authors.forename: Pachamuthu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.affiliation: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India.
authors.forename: Esaki Muthu
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.affiliation: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India.
authors.forename: Kailapuri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gangatharan Murugavel
authors.affiliation: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India.
authors.forename: Settu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanas
authors.affiliation: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India.
authors.forename: Anitha Jebaraj
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cecelia
authors.affiliation: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India.
authors.forename: Suniti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.affiliation: YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India.
authors.forename: Nagalingeswaran
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumarasamy
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*