Sputum Culture
Baseline predictors of sputum culture conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis: importance of cavities, smoking, time to detection and W-Beijing genotype.
... of culture positivity have been observed at 2 months at African sites using liquid culture media ...to sputum culture conversion, instead of a binary endpoint of culture ...in ...
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Impact of smoking on sputum culture conversion and pulmonary tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Brazil: a retrospective cohort study
... tuberculosis sputum cultures among patients with culture-confirmed PTB in an area with a moderate incidence of tuberculosis in ...in sputum culture conversion at the end of the second month of ...
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Cytokine and Antibody Based Diagnostic Algorithms for Sputum Culture-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
... In order to show that I-309, IL-8 and MIG are released by lymphocytes in response to TB infection, we incubated TB-specific antigens (ESAT-6 and CFP-10) with whole blood samples from healthy controls, or individuals with ...
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Rev. Saúde Pública vol.51
... extrapulmonary), sputum smear microscopy in the diagnosis (positive, negative), sputum culture in the diagnosis (positive, negative), other material culture in the diagnosis (positive, ...
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Rapid and accurate detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF assay--a clinical validation study.
... three sputum samples obtained from that patient were consistently positive in the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay makes contamination an unlikely ...positive sputum sample was from a patient in the group ‘‘Clinical ...
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SPUTUM CYTOLOGY CULTURE HAEMATOLOGICAL CHANGES AND AIR QUALITY IN CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO SMOKE FROM BIOMASS FUEL IN RURAL AREA OF SOUTH INDIA
... exposure. Sputum neutrophilia (neutrophil-65), (macrophage-8) was frequent in biomass ...LPG. Sputum culture yield - biomass user (75%), LPG user (31%) and the most common growth isolated were ...
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An Open Label, Multicenter, Non-Comparative Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Gatifloxacin in the Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Brazilian Study in Five Centers
... the sputum; (2) Presumed: The patient was not producing sputum, a more invasive procedure was not performed, and the clinical response was ...the sputum culture obtained at post- treatment, or ...
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PDF EN Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia 2 14 english
... by sputum smear microscopy, sputum culture, examination of BAL, bronchoscopic aspiration, or biopsy of the bronchial ...by sputum smear microscopy, especially when multiple examinations were ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.35 número4 en v35n4a10
... positive sputum smear ...positive sputum smear microscopy (in one sample) and positive culture, 3 were identi- fied through culture of the gastric lavage fluid, and 1 was identified through ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.37 número2 en v37n2a14
... by sputum smear microscopy, sputum culture, examination of BAL, bronchoscopic aspiration, or biopsy of the bronchial ...by sputum smear microscopy, especially when multiple examinations were ...
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Technical and operational appraisal of tuberculosis case-finding methods
... Programs for detecting cases of tuberculosis employ the following diagnostic methods: chest X-rays, tuberculin tests, and sputum smear or sputum culture examinations[r] ...
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Azorean culture as folk culture
... terial culture, such as lace (Lira 1950, Soares 1957) and bird cages made of reed (Salles 1953) were also presented in the Boletim as important survivals of the Azorean ...
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Influência da técnica de pressão expiratória positiva oscilante e da técnica de expiração forçada na contagem de células e quantidade do escarro induzido em portadores de asma ou doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica
... of sputum was found to be significantly increased in the two groups ...of sputum and a better response to the stimuli provided by the respira- tory therapy techniques, since this group presents bronchial ...
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Regular Sputum Check-Up for Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis after Exposure in Healthcare Facilities.
... regular sputum check-ups and CXR was suggested to facilitate the diagnose and treatment of secondary cases, and thereby avoid further ...and sputum data were ...a sputum mycobacterial culture, ...
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Culture-independent detection and characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. africanum in sputum samples using shotgun metagenomics on a benchtop sequencer
... to culture and phenotypic sensitivity testing, the WHO has recently recommended a new, rapid, automated, real-time amplification-based TB diagnostic test, the Xpert MTB/RIF assay (WHO, ...
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Selection and application of ssDNA aptamers to detect active TB from sputum samples.
... and culture. The major drawback of sputum smear microscopy is its poor sensitivity 2 estimated at 50% ...The culture method is the most sensitive, however, it is more expensive than microscopy, ...
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Clinics vol.64 número12
... with dithiothreitol (DTT) [Sigma-Aldrich, Brazil] at 0.1% concentrations, added to an equal volume of sputum, and the mixture was briely stirred using a vortex mixer. DTT is a sulfhydryl reagent that causes ...
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Mucolytic Effectiveness of Tyloxapol in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.
... To overcome these study limitations, we used the macrophage activation test in vitro to study the anti-inflammatory effect of Tyloxapol. We were able to show distinct anti-inflamma- tory effects of Tyloxapol at ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.34 número11 en v34n11a01
... of sputum induction in the treatment of asthma, although there have been studies that imply its utility, showing that adjusting the treatment based on the evolving proportion of eosinophils in the sputum ...
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Rev. adm. empres. vol.29 número2
... Between excellence and the culture vultures (personnel managers role in corporate culture change). "'CAN apple's corporate counter-culture survive[r] ...
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