Evaluation of the Practice of Three Morning Sputa on Separate Days for Diagnosis of Mtb

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pulmonary TB

Treatments: Procedure: Obtain standard three daily sputum samples vs. three samples on the first day for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00212550

9250-04B

Details and patient eligibility

About

Obtain sputum smears within one day to rule out TB

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All subjects admitted to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation of possible TB

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to produce spontaneous or induced sputum

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

TB diagnosis

Treatment:

Procedure: Obtain standard three daily sputum samples vs. three samples on the first day for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB.