Time-to-Detection in Culture of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice705 enrolled

Overview

determination if time-to-detection in cultures of M. tuberculosis samples is more discriminating than acid-fast staining in transmission

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

705

no intervention

Sex: ALLMin age: 2 YearsMax age: 94 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * have at least 1 contact case explored for tuberculosis * latent tuberculosis infection Exclusion Criteria: \-

Nice University Hospital

Nice, France

tuberculosis transmission

duration of Tuberculosis transmission between an infected person and a contact case

Time frame: 2 months

contact case tracking

screening time for contact cases

Time frame: 2 months

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