A prospective study of mycobacterial viability in refrigerated, unpreserved sputum batched for up to 8 weeks

Rashid Ali MR 1 , Parameswaran U 2 , William T 3 , Bird E 4 , Wilkes CS 4 , Lee WK 5 Show all authors , Yeo TW 6 , Anstey NM 7 , Ralph AP 8

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  • 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 2 Infectious Diseases Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Infectious Diseases Society of Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu Menzies School of Health Research, Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 3 Infectious Diseases Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Infectious Diseases Society of Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu Menzies School of Health Research, Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Sabah Department of Health, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 4 Infectious Diseases Society of Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu Menzies School of Health Research, Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 5 Luyang Outpatient Clinic, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • 6 Infectious Diseases Society of Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu Menzies School of Health Research, Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
  • 7 Infectious Diseases Society of Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu Menzies School of Health Research, Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. anna.ralph@menzies.edu.au
  • 8 Infectious Diseases Society of Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu Menzies School of Health Research, Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 2015 May;19(5):620-1.
PMID: 25868033 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0938

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