Sputum culture contamination and associated characteristics in a diagnostic clinical trial, Papua New Guinea
Culture contamination could be reduced using spot sputum collection, expedited submission to laboratories and faster shipping when required.
Authors
- Jennifer Banamu
- Declan Walsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9310-1729)
- Philipp du Cros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3599-029X)
- Yongtao Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4028-8777)
- Jane Greig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2732-0023)
- Maria Globan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3400-2843)
- Adam Penn‐Nicholson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1883-0059)
- ND. Tenakanai
- R. Simbil
Institutions
- FIND (CH)
- Burnet Institute (AU)
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (AU)
- Peter Doherty Institute (AU)
- National Department of Health (PG)
- National Public Health Laboratory (NP)
- Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Action
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.24.0029
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39