Tuberculosis screening using ability to provide sputum in an endemic emergency department.
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Service, Dept of Medical Specialties, Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, Peru Dept of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Eduardo
E
Ticona
Division of Infectious Diseases, Dept of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA moises.huaman@uky.edu.
Moises A
MA
Huaman
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Service, Dept of Medical Specialties, Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, Peru Dept of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Luz Maria
LM
Huaroto
Division of Infectious Diseases, Dept of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Marcos
M
Burgos
Division of Infectious Diseases, Dept of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Meghan
M
Brett
TB Centre and Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Rod
R
Escombe
TB Centre and Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
David A J
DA
Moore
D000328:Adult; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult