RESUMEN

The Côte-d'Ivoire Pasteur Institute unit of Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria carried out 600 smears stained by Ziehl-Neelsen in 200 immigrant candidates for the U.S.A. The sputa of 44 of them were put in culture on Lowenstein-Jensen medium. Eight (4%) candidates had active pulmonary tuberculosis among whom 5 had smear negative sputum. The pulmonary tuberculosis active detection performed on target population with accessible and sensitive tool can contribute to strengthen the fight against tuberculosis in endemic areas.

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Esputo/microbiología , Migrantes , Tuberculosis Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Tuberculosis Pulmonar/microbiología , Adolescente , Adulto , Niño , Côte d'Ivoire , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estados Unidos