Early and Efficient Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum by Microscopic Observation of Broth Cultures

• Benson R. Kidenya ,

  * E-mail: benkidenya@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania, Faculty of Graduate School, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Rodrick Kabangila,

  Affiliations Faculty of Graduate School, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Robert N. Peck,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania, Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Stephen E. Mshana,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania

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• Lauren E. Webster,

  Affiliation Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Serena P. Koenig,

  Affiliation Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Warren D. Johnson Jr.,

  Affiliation Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Daniel W. Fitzgerald

  Affiliation Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

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