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Tuberculosis
Investigators at University of Miami zero in on tuberculosis
September 16th, 2008
"Serial smear analysis to guide respiratory isolation (RI) of patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB), the majority of whom will be found not to have TB, leads to expensive and unnecessary isolation, and may potentially result in decreased vigilance of subjects with respiratory compromise. To compare the performance of a single first-sputum, Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific nucleic acid amplification (NAA) test with three sputum smears for assessing the need for RI," investigators in the United States report. "Prospective evaluation of 493 patients with suspected TB (74% HIV positive) admitted to RI in a major county hospital in the United States, who had at least...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-16)
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