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... Legesse et al., Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis in pastoral communities in the middle and Lower Awash Valley of Afar region, Ethiopia BMC Public Health 2010, 10:187 Legesse ... and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Research article Knowledge and perception of pulmonary tuberculosis...

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... transfer of trained personnel and their replacement by untrained ones, inadequate supply of stains and other requirements, and quality of supplies particularly stains and slides. Some of these ... was satisfactory and these might not have influenced results adversely. For a number of reasons, one of which is the influence of the training programme of NTI, t...

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... diagnosed as not having tuberculosis, the PCR profile of the individual had changed markedly, suggesting an increase in the bacterial load in the sputum. Only seven of the 17 cases i.e. those who took ... single gold standard was available for comparison of the performance of the individual tests, an analysis of results was done using a variety of standards. Eff...

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... thout further reinfection contributes the remaining 31% of the total new cases. Introduction It is estimated that about one third of the Indian population are infected with M .tuberculosis ... there will be two unknowns i.e. B and C in the equation. By formulating two equations, the values of B and C could be worked out. Findings Size of the popul...

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... instructive as to the true principles of management. These should be based on the law of evolution and involution, and in general, on the natural history of the disease. The initial lesion must ... delayed and weak, the bacilli in the infecting dose multiply geometrically during the preliminary period of natural resistance only, and by the time that...

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... prac tice, and impact. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 2010;16 (3):271–84. Perkins 2002 Perkins MD, Kritski AL. Diagnostic testing in the control of tuberculosis. Bulletin of the World Health ... Organization 2002;80(6):512–3. Perkins 2006 Perkins MD, Small PM. Admitting defeat. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2006;10(1):1. Perkins 2007 Perk...

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... machine [19]. The daily, weekly and monthly maintenance of the BD FACS count flow cytometry was done according to the instruments manual and quality control for both the re- agent and the machine ... diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and constitute an immense burden on healthcare systems of heavily infected countries like Ethiopia. The aim of the study was t...

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... 13) and more likely to die of the disease (6, 14). Age-related changes in the tuber- culin skin reaction and a high incidence of underlying illnesses also play a role in prolonging the final ... smear was obtained in 57.1% of elderly and in 57.5 % of young TB patients, and a positive AFB culture was ob- tained in 70.6% of the elderly and in 74.4% of...

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... suffer from Pulmonary Tuberculosis on the basis of their clinical and radiological presentations were enrolled. Old cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were also included in our study. The clinical ... Conclusion The present study reconfirms the use of conventional ZN staining method and culture on LJ medium in the detection of AFB in sputum samples of...

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