Culture conversion

Culture conversion
	Medical diagnostics
Purpose	Determine when tuberculosis is cured

Culture conversion is a diagnostic criteria indicating the point at which samples taken from a person infected with a tuberculosis can no longer produce tuberculosis cell cultures.[1][2] Culture conversion is a positive prognostic marker indicating that a person is cured of, or is recovering from, tuberculosis.

References

Brust, J. (6 Jan 2011). "Culture Conversion Among HIV Co-Infected Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Tugela Ferry, South Africa". PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015841. PMC 3017058. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
Su, W.J. (1 Jun 2010). "Role of 2-month sputum smears in predicting culture conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis". European Respiratory Journal. doi:10.1183/09031936.00007410. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

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[1] Brust, J. (6 Jan 2011). "Culture Conversion Among HIV Co-Infected Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Tugela Ferry, South Africa". PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015841. PMC 3017058. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

[2] Su, W.J. (1 Jun 2010). "Role of 2-month sputum smears in predicting culture conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis". European Respiratory Journal. doi:10.1183/09031936.00007410. Retrieved 16 September 2014.