Sputum Smear
Sputum smear microscopy at two months into continuation-phase: should it be done in all patients with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis?
... are sputum smear-positive at the end of IP, receive a four week extension of the IP ...Follow-up sputum smear microscopy is recommended at the end of IP, extended-IP, mid-CP and at the end of ...
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Treatment default amongst patients with tuberculosis in urban Morocco: predicting and explaining default and post-default sputum smear and drug susceptibility results.
... A blood sample was collected for HIV testing. A sputum sample was collected from cases for sputum smear evaluation according to the Ziehl-Nielson method. Samples were cultured on Lowenstein- Jensen ...
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PDF EN Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia 6 11 english
... of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in patients treated at a referral hospital in Lima, ...bronchoscopic sputum smear testing for AFB, the results of which increased the diagnostic yield by 22% ...
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PDF EN Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia 9 11 english
... Positive sputum smear results occurred only in the 3 cases of multidrug resistant TB; however, not all patients were submitted to the test, due to the lack of symptoms and because the initial diagnostic ...
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Test characteristics of urinary lipoarabinomannan and predictors of mortality among hospitalized HIV-infected tuberculosis suspects in Tanzania.
... were smear negative and culture-confirmed and 4 patients who could not produce sputum for ...AFB sputum smear microscopy for early initiation of treatment in patients with CD4 counts ,200 as ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.37 número2 en v37n2a14
... the sputum smear microscopy in the majority of the cases and by bronchoscopy (BAL examination or bronchial biopsy) in the ...through sputum smear microscopy for ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.32 número3 en a02v32n3
... only sputum smear microscopy, in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in indigenous patients, rather than, as recommended by the Ministry of Health, only in patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus or ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.38 número6 en v38n6a11
... of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in patients treated at a referral hospital in Lima, ...bronchoscopic sputum smear testing for AFB, the results of which increased the diagnostic yield by 22% ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.35 número4 en v35n4a10
... positive sputum smear results also presented positive tuberculin skin test results and, among the unexposed, only 18% presented the same results, demonstrating that these children in contact with adult ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.35 número9 en v35n9a11
... Positive sputum smear results occurred only in the 3 cases of multidrug resistant TB; however, not all patients were submitted to the test, due to the lack of symptoms and because the initial diagnostic ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.30 número3 en v30n3a10
... direct sputum smear microscopy is low in children, we identified ...test. Sputum could be collected only from children older than ...recommend sputum testing when children over the age of 6 ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.34 número12 en v34n12a11
... Objective: To compare four laboratory methods in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods: Respiratory secretion specimens were collected from 160 patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis. Direct ...
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Baseline predictors of sputum culture conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis: importance of cavities, smoking, time to detection and W-Beijing genotype.
... of sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis were enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of a micronutrient intervention (vitamin A and zinc), which has been reported elsewhere ...morning ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.34 número4 en v34n4a07
... The city with the lowest completeness of records was Cariacica, especially regarding the variables that should be completed at outcome (sputum culture, HIV status and sputum smear microscopy at the ...
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J. bras. pneumol. vol.39 número1 en v39n1a11
... positive sputum smear, whereas in 4, 4, 1, and 8 patients, respectively, the diagnosis was made on the basis of AFB-positive bronchoalveolar lavage fluid smears, pulmonary or pleural histopathology, a ...
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Rapid and accurate detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF assay--a clinical validation study.
... one sputum sample within 2 ...to sputum smear and culture as standard diagnostic methods on samples from HIV-infected and HIV- uninfected patients with suspected TB, from Mbeya, ...
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Direct Detection by the Xpert MTBRIF Assay and Characterization of Multi and Poly Drug- Resistant Tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
... as smear-positive-pulmonary TB (PTB ...control smear was carried out and 100 of the monitored patients were included in the complete laboratory analysis since they maintained their sputum ...and/or ...
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PDF EN Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia 4 7 english
... The city with the lowest completeness of records was Cariacica, especially regarding the variables that should be completed at outcome (sputum culture, HIV status and sputum smear microscopy at the ...
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Regular Sputum Check-Up for Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis after Exposure in Healthcare Facilities.
... Adequate sputum sampling is the basis of diagnosing TB [21], and sufficient training to obtain adequate sputum samples is particularly crucial for patients with mental illness ...[35]. Sputum ...
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The experience of surgical treatment of patients with pulmonary extensively resistant tuberculosis
... Conversion in patients of the control group during first and second months of the treatment was marked in 16.7% and 13.3% of cases respectively. During third and fourth months sputum smear conversion ...
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