Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB)
Novel Approach for Improving Sensitivity of Microscopic Detection of Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) by Use of the ReaSLR Method
... The threat of TB is alarming, and the disease can be controlled only by an effective TB control program. Early case detection is a crucial step in the control of the disease, and this relies solely on the detection of ...
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Diabetes mellitus among patients attending TB clinics in Dar es Salaam: a descriptive cross sectional study
... Abbreviations ADA: American diabetic association; AFB: Acid fast Bacilli; BMI: Body mass index; CD4: Cluster for differentiation; CI: Confidence intervals; DM: Diabetes mellitus; HAART: [r] ...
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An unexpected diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus 2 infection in an overseas visitor: a case report
... She had been recently discharged from a different hospital with symptoms consistent with community- acquired pneumonia and managed with intravenous ceftriaxone and azithromycin followed by amoxicillin/ clavulanate and ...
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Prevalence of tuberculosis, multidrug resistant tuberculosis and associated risk factors among smear negative presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
... AFB: Acid fast bacilli; AIDS: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; BSC: Biosafety cabinet; DOTS: Directly observed treatment short course; DRS: Drug resistance surveillance or survey; DST: Drug ...
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Peritonitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus in peritoneal dialysis patients: case presentation and mini-review
... A 59-year-old female had been receiving PD treatment for 1 year because of ESRD due to nephrosclerosis. She had no history of diabetes mellitus, immunodeficiency, mycobacterial infection, or peritonitis. She had not been ...
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Trend in magnitude of tuberculosis in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a five year tuberculosis surveillance data analysis
... Abbreviations AFB: acid fast bacilli; DOTS: directly observed treatment, short course; EPTB: extra-pulmonary tuberculosis; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; HMIS: health management info[r] ...
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Declining tuberculosis prevalence in Saharia, a particularly vulnerable tribal community in Central India: evidences for action
... AFB: Acid-Fast Bacilli; CSPro: Census and Survey Processing System; DOTS: Directly Observed Treatment Short-course; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; ICMR : Indian Council of Medical ...
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Original Article Serum alkaline phosphatase may play a role in the differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis and tuberculosis
... included. Sputum analyses of all patients with tuberculosis were acid-fast bacilli (AFB)-positive and/or culture-positive. We included asymp- tomatic patients who were admitted to the internal ...
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Validation of the GenoType®MTBDRplus assay for diagnosis of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in South Vietnam
... AFB: acid-fast bacilli; AP: alkaline phosphatase; CI: confi- dence interval; DRS: drug resistance survey; DST: drug susceptibility testing; FIND: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics; ...
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Improved performance of Xpert MTB/RIF assay on sputum sediment samples obtained from presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis cases at Kibong’oto infectious diseases hospital in Tanzania
... The introduction of Xpert (Cepheid, Sunnyvale USA) in particular has been a major breakthrough in TB diagnos- tics, especially in resource limited HIV endemic settings. The assay is a semi-automated real time Polymerase ...
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Clinical review: Tuberculosis on the intensive care unit
... of acid fast bacilli (AFB) in sputum in a patient not suspected to have TB may be due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and correlation with other diagnostic data such as radiology and ...
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New simple decontamination method improves microscopic detection and culture of mycobacteria in clinical practice
... far, acid-fast bacilli (AFB) detection by smear microscopy is still the most used amongst all methods currently employed worldwide in clinical laboratories for TB diagnosis on account of its ...
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Does health related quality of life among adults with pulmonary tuberculosis improve across the treatment period? A hospital based cross sectional study in Mbale Region, Eastern Uganda
... AFB: acid‑fast bacilli; ANOVA: analysis of variance; BP: bodily pain; CF: cogni‑ tive functioning; DTLC: district tuberculosis and leprosy control; HRQoL: health related quality of life; MCS: ...
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High prevalence and heterogeneity of Dysglycemia in patients with tuberculosis from Peru: a prospective cohort study
... (acid-fast bacilli, AFB) and well as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) solid ...For AFB investigation, sputum smears were stained with Ziehl– Neelsen and examined by ...(10–99 AFB ...
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Health seeking behaviour and delayed management of tuberculosis patients in rural Bangladesh
... In Bangladesh, each Upazila Health Complex has around 30 to 50 beds, including both indoor and outdoor facil- ities. In the Matlab Upazila Health Complex (UHC) all suspected TB cases with a history of cough for more than ...
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Genotyping and drug susceptibility testing of mycobacterial isolates from population based tuberculosis prevalence survey in Ghana
... maximum of 42 days. Once a tube flagged positive in MGIT, smear was prepared and Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) stained for the presence or absence of acid fast bacilli (AFB). Additionally, a portion of ...
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Evaluation of Xpert® MTB/RIF and Ustar EasyNAT™ TB IAD for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis of children in Tanzania: a prospective descriptive study
... AFB, acid-fast bacilli; BCG, Bacillus Calmette – Guérin; CRS, composite reference standard; DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid; DST, Drug susceptibility testing; EPTB, extrapulmonary ...
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Tuberculosis in childhood: a systematic review of national and international guidelines
... Pediatrics; AFB: Acid Fast Bacilli; APRG: Australasian Paediatric Respiratory Group; ASID: Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases; ATS: American Thoracic Society; BCG: Bacille ...
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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum in Ghana
... Abbreviations AFB, acid fast bacilli; AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome; BCG, bacillus calmette-guerin; DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid; EKBB, ethikkommission beider basel; HIV, human[r] ...
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HIV testing, HIV status and outcomes of treatment for tuberculosis in a major diagnosis and treatment centre in Yaounde, Cameroon: a retrospective cohort study
... - acid-fast bacilli (AFB) found in at least two sputum specimens; 2) smear-negative pul- monary tuberculosis (PTB-) – persisting negativity on three sputum examinations after ten-day course of ...
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