TY - JOUR AU - Uddin, Mohammad Khaja Mafij AU - Chowdhury, Md Raihan AU - Ahmed, Shahriar AU - Rahman, Md Toufiq AU - Khatun, Razia AU - van Leth, Frank AU - Banu, Sayera PY - 2013 DA - 2013/07/25 TI - Comparison of direct versus concentrated smear microscopy in detection of pulmonary tuberculosis JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 291 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Sputum smear microscopy is fast and inexpensive technique for detecting tuberculosis (TB) in high incidence areas but has low sensitivity. Physical and chemical sputum processing along with centrifugation have been found to show promise in overcoming this limitation. Our objective was to compare the sensitivity of smear microscopy obtained with smears made directly from respiratory specimens to those from concentrated specimens. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-291 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-6-291 ID - Uddin2013 ER -