Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba Experience
BACKGROUND: Although gastric aspirates (GA) are one of the recommended screening procedures for asymptomatic individuals at high risk for developing tuberculosis (TB), little data exist on the utility of GA for this indication.
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| description | BACKGROUND: Although gastric aspirates (GA) are one of the recommended screening procedures for asymptomatic individuals at high risk for developing tuberculosis (TB), little data exist on the utility of GA for this indication. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-92dee415ac1e4ffc9dadeba367fa75462025-02-03T01:20:38ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321999-01-01101697310.1155/1999/491958Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba ExperienceA Bahammam0SH Choudhri1R Long2Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaBACKGROUND: Although gastric aspirates (GA) are one of the recommended screening procedures for asymptomatic individuals at high risk for developing tuberculosis (TB), little data exist on the utility of GA for this indication.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/491958 |
| spellingShingle | A Bahammam SH Choudhri R Long Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba Experience Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba Experience |
| title_full | Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba Experience |
| title_fullStr | Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba Experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba Experience |
| title_short | Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba Experience |
| title_sort | utility of gastric aspirates in screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in high risk subjects the manitoba experience |
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