The use of Kudoh method for culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium africanum in The Gambia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Mycobacterium tuberculosis culturing remains the gold standard for laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis remains a great public health problem in developing countries like The Gambia, as most of the methods currently used for bacterial isolation are either time-consuming or costly.
Objective
To evaluate the Kudoh swab method in a West African setting in Gambia, with a particular focus on the ...