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Tuberculosis
Studies from M. Tovar and colleagues yield new information about tuberculosis
April 15th, 2008
"Tests for pleural tuberculosis are insensitive and expensive," investigators in Lima, Peru report. "We compared nonproprietary microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility (MODS) culture with Lowenstein-Jensen culture for evaluation of pleural specimens. MODS culture was associated with greatly increased diagnostic sensitivity and shorter time to diagnosis, compared with Lowenstein-Jensen culture (sensitivity of culture of biopsy specimens, 81% vs. 51%; time to diagnosis, 11 days vs. 24 days; P< .001)," wrote M. Tovar and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "The MODS technique is inexpensive, allows drug- susceptibility testing, and is a...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-15)
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