Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba Experience

A Bahammam; SH Choudhri; R Long

doi:10.1155/1999/491958

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1999)

Utility of Gastric Aspirates in Screening for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in High Risk Subjects: The Manitoba Experience

A Bahammam,
SH Choudhri,
R Long

Affiliations

A Bahammam: Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
SH Choudhri: Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R Long: Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1999/491958
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 69 – 73

Abstract

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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.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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