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Tuberculosis
Research from Y. Merid and co-researchers in the area of tuberculosis described
February 17th, 2009
"Health centres in Awassa, southern Ethiopia. Consecutive patients visiting health centre laboratories for the evaluation of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) between June and September 2006 were investigated," investigators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia report. "On-the-spot, morning and second on-the-spot sputum samples were pooled for each patient. Direct smears were stained with hot Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) technique and aliquots cultured for mycobacteria on Lowenstein-Jensen media. The remaining sputum was treated with household bleach, aliquoted and processed with short-term digestion, centrifugation and sedimentation techniques, and stained with ZN. Acid-fast bacilli...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-17)
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