Chan W, Chia M, Lee L K, Macfadyen D M
Bull World Health Organ. 1971;45(5):551-8.
There is a need for more detailed information on the relative merits of the culture and direct sputum smear examination methods, separately and in various combinations, using one or more sputum specimens. The efficiency and relative cost of different bacteriological measures for the detection of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, in the conditions of the Singapore tuberculosis control programme, are demonstrated. The findings provide guidance for deciding how, and in what order, these bacteriological measures should be used, and may assist planners and executives of national tuberculosis control programmes in the rational commissioning of laboratory facilities that already exist or are to be established.
需要获取更详细的信息，了解分别使用一个或多个痰标本，单独以及以各种组合方式进行培养和直接痰涂片检查方法的相对优点。在新加坡结核病控制计划的条件下，展示了不同细菌学检测方法对肺结核病例检测的效率和相对成本。这些研究结果为决定应如何以及按何种顺序使用这些细菌学检测方法提供了指导，并可能有助于国家结核病控制计划的规划者和执行者合理调配现有或即将建立的实验室设施。
