Author's response to reviews Title: Insufficient quality of sputum submitted for tuberculosis diagnosis and associated factors, in Klaten district, Indonesia Authors:

Insufficient quality of sputum submitted for tuberculosis diagnosis and associated factors, in Klaten district, Indonesia

BACKGROUND Sputum smear microscopy is the standard diagnostic method for detection of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Insufficient quality of sputum might result in missing cases. In this study we aimed at assessing the quality of sputum in a district in Central Java and determining patient and health worker factors associated with submission of three good quality sputum samples. ...

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Author's response to reviews Title: Evaluation of bleach-sedimentation for sterilizing and concentrating M. tuberculosis in sputum samples Authors:

R2: “Tuberculosis diagnosis by sputum smear microscopy is insensitive.” Insert ‘relatively’ before ‘insensitive’ R3: In Abstract, background section, on the first line, authors could replace the term "insensitive" by "low sensitive" (sic). The word ‘relatively’ has been added before ‘insensitive’ as recommended by R1. R2: The remaining 25 sputum samples were used to evaluate this technique quan...