Wuse General Hospital, Abuja
High prevalence of pulmonary TB in patients seen at DOTS clinics in Nigeria
Published in Lab Business Week, July 3rd, 2005
According to a study from Nigeria, "We evaluated the pattern of sputum smear positivity and assessed the effects of directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) among tuberculosis (TB) patients at the DOTS clinics in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
"In total, 1391 patients were seen at 6 microscopy and treatment centers across the FCT between January and December 2003. Their sputa were screened microscopically for the presence of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) using the Ziehl-Neelsen staining technique. In total, 296 (21.3%) patients were smear...
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Source: Lab Business Week (2005-07-03)
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