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Tuberculosis
New tuberculosis research from B.T. Uskul et al outlined
April 14th, 2009
In this recent report, researchers in Istanbul, Turkey conducted a study "To evaluate the diagnostic contribution and utility of bacteriologic surveys using bronchoscopic washing and gastric lavage in cases of radiologically Suspected tuberculosis with no detectable acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in the sputum. This prospective Study performed bronchoscopic lavage following gastric washing in Suspected pulmonary tuberculosis patients." "The presence of AFB was determined via direct microscopy and materials were cultured in Lowenstein-Jensen medium. Thirty-eight consecutive patients were enrolled in the study (30 males and 8 females; mean age, 33.8 +/- 10.9 years). Three...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-14)
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