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.[citation needed]

## References

1. ↑ Brust, J. (6 Jan 2011). "Culture Conversion Among HIV Co-Infected Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Tugela Ferry, South Africa". PLOS ONE 6 (1): e15841. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015841. PMID 21253585. Bibcode: 2011PLoSO...615841B.
2. ↑ Su, W.J. (1 Jun 2010). "Role of 2-month sputum smears in predicting culture conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis". European Respiratory Journal 37 (2): 376–383. doi:10.1183/09031936.00007410. PMID 20516049. http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/37/2/376.full. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

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