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Tuberculosis
Research on tuberculosis described by G. Torrea and colleagues
July 15th, 2008
According to recent research from Antwerp, Belgium, "Three busy laboratories in Nairobi, Kenya. To determine the performance of an affordable fluorescence system (FluoreslenS(TM)) for tuberculosis microscopy, and to test an auramine-smear rechecking system." "Alternating routine use of Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) and fluorescence microscopy (FM) was performed to compare detection and errors found while rechecking. Overall, 19.5% of 25250 ZN and 23% of 21104 FM smears were positive (P < 10(-3)). The proportional increment of FM over ZN was 18% (range -6%-29%), with one centre detecting fewer positives (nonsignificant, NS). The average error frequencies were comparable (1.8%...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-15)
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