culture conversion

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| purpose = Determine when tuberculosis is cured

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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.{{cite journal | title=Culture Conversion Among HIV Co-Infected Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Tugela Ferry, South Africa | date=6 Jan 2011 | last=Brust | first=J. | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=6 | issue=1 | pages=e15841 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0015841| pmid=21253585 | pmc=3017058 | bibcode=2011PLoSO...615841B | doi-access=free }}{{cite journal | url=http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/37/2/376.full | title=Role of 2-month sputum smears in predicting culture conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis | date=1 Jun 2010 | accessdate=16 September 2014 | last=Su | first=W.J. | journal=European Respiratory Journal | volume=37 | issue=2 | pages=376–383 | doi=10.1183/09031936.00007410| pmid=20516049 | doi-access=free }} Culture conversion is a positive prognostic marker indicating that a person is cured of, or is recovering from, tuberculosis.{{cn|date=August 2022}}