Smear microscopy
Yield of smear microscopy and radiological findings of male and female patients with tuberculosis in abuja, Nigeria.
... positive smear microscopy than women [5, 17, ...of smear microscopy also results in a higher proportion of cultures being ...be smear-positive than females and HIV- negative patients ...
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Utility of Universal Sample Processing Methodology, Combining Smear Microscopy, Culture, and PCR, for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
... for smear microscopy, culture, and PCR and may have resulted in an insufficient number of bacilli which were suitable only for detection by IS6110 PCR but not by smear microscopy and ...
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Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Smear Microscopy in Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Resource Constrained Settings
... direct smear microscopy in different settings, as documented in a review ...direct microscopy when compared with the automated liquid culture system ...direct microscopy with the solid (egg- ...
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Poor Performance of Universal Sample Processing Method for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Smear Microscopy and Culture in Uganda
... Though smear microscopy results were similar, the USP method performed poorly for culture-based diagnosis of TB. Previous studies have not found a difference in the yield of mycobacterial culture performed ...
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Limit of blank and limit of detection of Plasmodium falciparum thick blood smear microscopy in a routine setting in Central Africa
... blood smear microscopy is the accepted gold standard of malaria diagnosis and is widely ...blood smear microscopy by determining the limit of blank and limit of ...
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Novel methodology to assess sputum smear microscopy quality in private laboratories
... sputum smear-microscopy is the most common test used to con- firm TB infection due to its limited cost and equipment ...the microscopy technician and involves several steps, all of which must be ...
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Sensitivity of direct versus concentrated sputum smear microscopy in HIV infected patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis
... direct smear microscopy differs from the results of five prior studies that found higher sensitivity in HIV-endemic populations after sputum concentration ...sputum smear microscopy [36] and ...
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Comparative performance characteristics of the urine lipoarabinomannan strip test and sputum smear microscopy in hospitalized HIV infected patients with suspected tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe
... Sputum smear microscopy (SSM), the routinely used microbiological TB diagnostic tool in Zimbabwe, has poor sensitivity (20–50 %) identifying only a mi- nority of HIV/TB co-infected patients ...negative ...
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Comparison of direct versus concentrated smear microscopy in detection of pulmonary tuberculosis
... the microscopy centers are using direct smear microscopy with low sensitivity for the diagnosis of ...concentrated smear microscopy can be used in place of conventional direct ...
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Novel Multipurpose Methodology for Detection of Mycobacteria in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Specimens by Smear Microscopy, Culture, and PCR
... direct smear microscopy is by far the most popular among all the methods currently employed worldwide for TB ...of smear microscopy, numerous efforts have been made to im- prove its ...
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Diagnostic performance of smear microscopy and incremental yield of Xpert in detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rwanda
... or smear mi- ...to smear microscopy method was defined as the percentage of smear microscopy negative but Xpert positive by health facility among culture positive for ...from ...
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Does Bleach Processing Increase the Accuracy of Sputum Smear Microscopy for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis?
... to smear preparation has been reported to increase the yield of microscopy for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis, even in high-HIV-prevalence ...bleach microscopy, we updated a systematic review ...
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New policies, new technologies: modelling the potential for improved smear microscopy services in Malawi.
... Sputum smear microscopy is used to investigate patients with $3 weeks cough (TB suspects) and to monitor response to TB treatment (follow-up ...of smear-positive cases as then ...
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Sputum Smear Microscopy: Evaluation of Impact of Training, Microscope Distribution, and Use of External Quality Assessment Guidelines for Resource Poor Settings
... sputum smear microscopy for the diagnosis of TB. The quality of smear microscopy depends on a network of local laboratories and external quality assessment (EQA) of these laboratories under ...
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Smear microscopy and culture conversion rates among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients by HIV status in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
... sputum microscopy, after two weeks of treatment the conversion rate was higher in HIV positive ...standard smear microscopy during the rest of the treatment period (8, 12 and 20 weeks) were not ...
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Effectiveness of Concentration Technique in Smear Microscopy for M. Tuberculosis Diagnosis
... To meet RNTCP objectives, a newer strategy has been developed as a comprehensive National Strategic Plan (NSP) 2012-2017,[13] this coincides with RNTCP Phase-III. The new objective is ‘Universal Access’ to quality ...
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Evaluation of Commercial Rapid Diagnostic Test Kit for Tuberculosis: Further Evidence Supporting Negative Policy on the Use of Serological Tests for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Developing Countries
... bleach microscopy [2] and serological tests ...direct smear microscopy test per sensitivity in developing countries [3] but only the immunochromatography serological test can be considered as a point ...
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Rapid and specific detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from sputum specimens using IS6110 and pncA through multiplex-PCR
... The most common technique for diagnosis of TB is direct smear microscopy [3]. The smear microscopy is rapid and an inexpensive method. However, it lacks sensitivity and specificity ...
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Comparison of Single Sputum Smear (Home Collection) by Fluorescent Microscopy Vs Two Smears by Ziehl Neelsen Method (Routine RNTCP)
... fluorescence microscopy using Fluoreslen S by a blinded rechecking trial in Nairobi, Kenya ...fluorescent microscopy equipment are the major reasons why they are rarely used for sputum smear ...
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Liquid vs Solid Culture Medium to Evaluate Proportion and Time to Change in Management of Suspects of Tuberculosis-A Pragmatic Randomized Trial in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Units in Brazil.
... No clinical or statistically significant difference was observed between the groups assigned to the two diagnostic tests in terms of death at the end of the second month, adverse reaction, bacteriological conversion in ...
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