Sputum induction: simpler, cheaper, and safer--but is it better?

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Mar 1;167(5):676-7. doi: 10.1164/rccm.2212008.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Child
  • Developing Countries
  • Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System
  • HIV Seronegativity
  • HIV Seropositivity
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Pleura / microbiology
  • Pleura / pathology
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
  • Pleural Effusion / microbiology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Safety
  • Sputum / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pleural / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Pleural / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Pleural / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pleural / pathology
  • Tuberculosis, Pleural / transmission
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / transmission