Smear Positive TB
Prediction of Smear Positive TB Cases at Different Types of Designated Microscopy Centres, Karnataka, India
... sputum smear positive TB cases detected at DMCs located in different health facilities of Karnataka based on normal probability distribution ...a smear positive TB case detection ...
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Close Contacts Smear Positive TB Patients
... of TB control efforts in most countries. The investigation of contacts of TB cases is an essential part of TB control ...of smear positive TB ...of TB and to fully screen ...
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Trends for Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes, New Sputum Smear Positive Patients in Kwekwe District, Zimbabwe, 2007 2011: A Cohort Analysis
... sputum smear positive PTB cases was 72% treatment completed, 20% death rate, 4% defaulter rate and 2% transfer out [12] Cure rate was greatly affected by the proportion that completed ...a positive ...
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Tuberculosis treatment outcome and predictors in northern Ethiopian prisons: a five-year retrospective analysis
... the TB diagnosis relied merely on a referral of prisoners to health facilities outside prisons ...direct smear microscopy and/or chest X-ray, and pathological investigation following the national guidelines ...
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosisUganda II family and resistance to first line anti tuberculosis drugs in Uganda
... sputum smear-positive TB patients were included in the study since this was an extension of a drug resistance ...to smear negatives should there be a difference in the distribution of the ...
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Prioritising between direct observation of therapy and case-finding interventions for tuberculosis: use of population impact measures
... Each TB smear test for those iden- tified by case finding costs ...sputum smear for diagnosis, as the way in which cases are detected will differ depending on the setting and on whether the case ...
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Vitamin D deficiency among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their tuberculosis negative household contacts in Northwest Ethiopia: a case–control study
... All smear positive TB patients diagnosed during the study period and their household contacts without symp- toms suggestive of TB, volunteered to participate were enrolled in this ...
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Egere, Uzochukwu Emeka (2017): Contact tracing and isoniazid preventive therapy for prevention of childhood tuberculosis in The Gambia: an analysis of the challenges and opportunities. Dissertation, LMU München: Medizinische Fakultät
... with smear positive TB and reported to the NTP at the 5 leading health centers in the GBA were approached for consent to visit their homes and screen all children in the ...standard TB symptom ...
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Acceptability and Effectiveness of the Storekeeper-Based TB Referral System for TB Suspects in Sub-Districts of Lilongwe in Malawi
... that smear positive TB cases detected from the intervention areas ...and TB diagnosis units, and this study illustrates one approach to address barriers to achieving a diagnosis ...of ...
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Evaluating treatment outcomes and durations among cases of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Yemen: a prospective follow-up study
... addition, TB is considered a deadly infection that causes ...sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB died within 10 ...diagnosed smear- positive TB can help determine the ...
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Serodiagnostic Potential of Culture Filtrate Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
... Although the antigens employed in this study provide sig- nificantly greater sensitivities than those achieved with anti- gens studied by other investigators, even the combined reac- tivity with all three proteins failed ...
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Vishwanath
... to TB take place in developing countries like India, China, Indonesia, South Africa and Nigeria rank first to fifth respectively in terms of absolute numbers of cases India accounts for a fifth of the world‟s new ...
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<p>Resistance To First-Line Antituberculosis Drugs And Prevalence Of <em>pncA</em> Mutations In Clinical Isolates Of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> From Zunyi, Guizhou Province Of China</p>
... with smear-positive TB were registered at the Tuberculosis Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of the ...318 TB patients as a part of routing hospital laboratory procedures in a ...
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Comparative Evaluation of Profiles of Antibodies to Mycobacterial Capsular Polysaccharides in Tuberculosis Patients and Controls Stratified by HIV Status
... that smear-positive individuals had higher Ab responses to mycobacterial polysaccharide antigens may seem counterintuitive when considered in the context of recent data that some MAbs can protect against ...
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It’s complicated: why do tuberculosis patients not initiate or stay adherent to treatment? A qualitative study from South Africa
... of TB treatment and the non-acceptance of TB diagnoses were major inhibitors to treatment initiation and therefore initial ...alcoholism, TB-related stigma, lack of TB awareness, lack of ...
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Smear positivity in paediatric and adult tuberculosis: systematic review and meta analysis
... with TB, as well as the number of those children and adults with smear-positive ...active TB, including at least two children and at least two ...with TB, reflecting the continued lack ...
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Risk factors for non cure among new sputum smear positive tuberculosis patients treated in tuberculosis dispensaries in Yunnan, China
... for TB symp- toms >30 days, and high initial sputum acid fast bacilli load (>2+) (Table ...a positive sputum smear after two months of treatment, not having a DOT supervisor, and not taking ...
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Evaluation of genotype MTBDRplus VER 2 0 line probe assay for the detection of MDR TB in smear positive and negative sputum samples
... DNA was extracted from the appropriate sample using chemical A and B inside BSC. After final centrifugation the supernatant was taken as DNA extract. Master mix was prepared in a clean room to prevent contamination of ...
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Trend of Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Sistan and Baluchestan Province (2005-2008)
... University of Medical Sciences. Screening was mainly conducted passively till the end of 2005. Since the early 2006, some interventions have been conducted to reinforce the active screening system. All the information ...
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TB in childhood : protocols for the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, QECH, Malawi
... adult) TB case are at substantial risk of becoming infected with ...on TB treatment. Contacts with positive sputum on direct smear ...(i.e. TB visible under the microscope) are much ...
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