SPUTUM SMEAR FOR AFB
Risk factors in patients with AFB smear-positive sputum who receive inappropriate antituberculous treatment
... with AFB positive sputum smear do not allow for accurate differentiation between TB and NTM infection or NTM environmental ...of AFB sputum smear has an important impact on ...
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STANDARD MANUAL FOR LABORATORY TECHNICIANS ON SPUTUM SMEAR MICROSCOPY
... Thanks go to all the professionals of NTRL, PHL for their support for the compilation of specific technical aspects and completion of the “Standard Manual for Laboratory Technicians on Sputum Smear ...
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Sputum smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis: sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic algorithm
... on smear from any of the three sputum ...have sputum smear positive were treated for tuberculosis according to the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy program treatment ...have sputum ...
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Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Microscopic Technique of Sputum AFB and ICT (Cocktail Antigen) TB
... a sputum smear for Acid Fast Basil ...The sputum culture method is the gold standard for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB but requires a long time, which is 6-8 ...TB sputum with the ICT method ...
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Sputum smear positivity at two months in previously untreated pulmonary tuberculosis patients
... If any dose of ATT was missed in the intensive phase, it was counted as ‘treatment interrupted’. In RNTCP, these doses are subsequently given and the total number of doses in the regimen is completed. The patients were ...
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The Correlation of Initial Sputum Smear Positivity on Treatment Failure of Category 1 Therapy for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
... of sputum identification are the strategy use to control tuberculosis ...Initial sputum smear positivity is necessary to determine infectious ...initial sputum smear positivity on ...
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Low Sputum Smear Positive Tuberculosis among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects in a Tertiary Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania
... In this study, the mean age was similar to findings from a previous study by Yusuphy et al. (2008). The prevalence of HIV among TB patients of 59.4% in our study correlates to the previous findings elsewhere in Tanzania ...
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The Results of Three Years Surveillance on Sputum Smear Microscopy in 285 District and Regional Tuberculosis Laboratories of Iran
... facing smear microscopy is its low sensitivity which can seriously limit both the extent and quality of its ...the smear sensitivity may have been very depending on smearing, staining and smear ...
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Standardisation and Evaluation of Direct MTT Rifampicin Tube Assay for Sputum against Smear Grading, Volume and Turnaround Time
... of AFB positivity on sputum smear microscopy, including the scanty positive and one plus positive sputum samples, gave good concordance with the gold ...
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Assessment of sputum smear-positive but culture-negative results among newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tanzania
... of smear-positive but culture-negative TB samples in Tanzania Repeat culture Sputum samples from each study site were processed, pack- aged, and transported to CTRL, with a transit time of 2–3 ...using ...
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Diagnosing Sputum/smear-negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in PLHIV Based on Culture a Study from MGM District Hospital
... of sputum/smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients can be both challenging and time consuming with many patients being put on empirical anti-tubercular ...suspected sputum smear negative ...
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A comparative study of AFB smear and GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay in pulmonary and extrapulmonary specimens and detection of rifampicin resistance in a tertiary care hospital
... GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay (Cepheid, USA) is a rapid molecular test for diagnosis of TB recommended by WHO. It was initially recommended (in 2010) for diagnosis of pulmonary TB in adults. Since 2013, it has also been ...
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Diagnostic role of Gastric Aspiration in sputum smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Tambaram Sanatorium, Chennai.
... ASPIRATE SPUTUM SPECIMEN: The study population were educated after having underwent a gastric aspiration to submit sputum for ...tenacious sputum as soon as getting up from the bed and submit he ...
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Comparison of Single Sputum Smear (Home Collection) by Fluorescent Microscopy Vs Two Smears by Ziehl Neelsen Method (Routine RNTCP)
... hour sputum sample can be collected and be centrifuged and concentrated by various ...methods. Sputum should be collected in a well ventilated room in a wide mouthed container with tight fitting ...produce ...
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Trends for Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes, New Sputum Smear Positive Patients in Kwekwe District, Zimbabwe, 2007 2011: A Cohort Analysis
... all sputum smear positive TB patients diagnosed and treated according to the national TB control program ...of sputum by acid fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy ...
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Comparison of a Single Spot Concentrated Sputum AFB Smear Versus 2 Direct Sputum AFB Smears done regularly in revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme
... of smear-positive cases identified at one end is increasing, the proportion that were identified globally under directly observed therapy (short course) programmes (the internationally recognised tuberculosis ...
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Comparison of Xpert MTB/RIF with AFB smear and AFB culture in suspected cases of paediatric tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital, Karachi
... sputum samples compared to GA, BAL and tracheal aspirates. In a cross-sectional study from Uganda, Moorine P.S. et al. evaluated diagnostic strength of Xpert MTB/RIF in childhood pulmonary TB and revealed high ...
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Non conversion of sputum culture among patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Cameroon: a prospective cohort study
... patients’ sputum is checked thrice for the presence or absence of AFB by direct microscopic ...whose sputum smears remain positive at the end of the two month intensive phase of treatment an ...
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Trends of sputum smear positive tuberculosis in Zimbabwe: 2008–2011
... of sputum-smear positive (SSP) TB in Zimbabwe during 2008–2011 by provinces with SSP TB notification rates above the national average (a), provinces with SSP TB notification rates below the national average ...
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Detection of sputum smear cell based on image processing analysis
... the sputum cell ...the sputum image belongs to the sputum cell using the pixel ...for sputum cell, the nucleus will be dark red and clear red for ...the sputum cell from background ...
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