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Frontloading versus standard sputum smears for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Mulago Hospital, Kampala
Miremba, Penelope (Makerere University, 2011-04)Introduction: In Uganda, the prevalence of smear positive TB is 4.4 per 1000. Diagnosis of TB in resource limited settings depends on smear microscopy of 2 samples. Frontloading is the examination of two sputum sample ...