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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 4/2013

01-04-2013 | Article

Gastric aspiration is not necessary for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Authors: P.-E. Bonnave, D. Raoult, M. Drancourt

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 4/2013

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Abstract

Despite recommendations, gastric aspirate collected by invasive nasogastric aspiration is still routinely used for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in our institution. Reviewing 82 patients with culture-proven respiratory tuberculosis over a 28-month period, we observed no patient diagnosed solely by gastric aspirate analysis. Moreover, the diagnosis yield of gastric aspirate (60 %) did not significantly differ from that of stool specimen (64 %). These data confirm that gastric aspirate is no longer useful for the diagnosis of respiratory tuberculosis contrary to stool specimen.
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Metadata
Title
Gastric aspiration is not necessary for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
Authors
P.-E. Bonnave
D. Raoult
M. Drancourt
Publication date
01-04-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-012-1776-6

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