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Cavitary disease and quantitative sputum bacillary load in cases of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Moises Palaci, Reynaldo Dietze, David Jamil Hadad, Fabiola Karla Corrêa Ribeiro, Renata Lyrio Peres, Solange Alves Vinhas, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel, Valdério do Valle Dettoni, Libby Horter, W Henry Boom, John L Johnson, Kathleen D Eisenach
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2007 December
We examined sputum bacterial loads in adults with newly diagnosed tuberculosis using quantitative culture and time-until-positive (DTP) culture in BACTEC 460. Patients with cavitary disease had higher CFU levels than those without cavities and shorter DTPs. Within radiographic strata of moderately and far advanced tuberculosis, higher CFU counts were associated with cavitary disease.

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