Evaluation of various modalities for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in body fluids.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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1999 Oct; 42(4): 435-9
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-73339
ABSTRACT
Diagnosis of tuberculosis in body fluids remains an enigma. This study is an attempt to evaluate various modalities like smear, culture & PCR for the same. Out of 110 samples of body fluids, 68(61.8%) were negative by all the modalities, 11(10%) could be diagnosed by all modalities. 25(22.72%) were diagnosed by PCR alone. 3(2.7%) showed a growth on culture alone while 3 cases (2.7%) could be demonstrated only on smear.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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Body Fluids
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Humans
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Bacteriological Techniques
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Culture Media
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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