| Title |
Comparing Same Day Sputum Microscopy with Conventional Sputum Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis – Chhattisgarh, India
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0074964 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Priyakanta Nayak, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Mareli Claassens, Donald A. Enarson, Srinath Satyanarayana, Debashish Kundu, Kshitij Khaparde, Tarun K. Agrawal, Shankar Dapkekar, Sachin Chandraker, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair |
| Abstract |
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends same day sputum microscopy (spot-spot) in preference to conventional strategy (spot-morning) for the diagnosis of smear positive tuberculosis with the view that completing diagnosis on a single day may be more convenient to the patients and reduce pre-treatment losses to follow-up. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 48 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 33% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 16% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 41% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 16 | 33% |