R"eCseoarcuh garthicl eofficer screening" improves detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospital in-patients pptx

... properly cited. Research article "Cough officer screening" improves detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospital in- patients Ching-Hsiung Lin1, Cheng-Hung Tsai* 1 , Chun-Eng Liu 2 , ... coughing. All cough officers received training in our department of infectious disease control with regard to methods for questioning patients, and for recording cough conditio...

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... staining was performed: carbol fuchsin 0.3%, slow heating until steaming, rinsing after 5 min, destaining with 25% sulfuric acid, rinsing, counterstaining with methylene blue 0.3% for 1 min, ... microscopic detection of tuberculosis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2008; 27: 849–855. 6 Mase S R, Ramsay A, Ng V, et al. Yield of serial sputum speci- men examinations in the diagno...

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... level of the carina; the middle zones as areas between the level of thecarinaandtheoriginoftheinferiorpulmonary veins; and the lower zones as areas below the origin of the inferior pulmonary veins. ... each parenchymal finding was scored on a scoring sheet using the following sliding scale of relative certainty: 0 = definitely negative; 1 = probably negative; 2 = indeterminate; 3 =...

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... 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 ... WW. H IV co-infection, CD4 cell counts and clinical correlates of bacillary density in pulmonary tuberculosis. 8Xpert MTB/RIF test for dete...

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... groups. DISCUSSION Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly common in the elderly and burden of the disease in them is likely to continue to increase substantially. 3,4 Moreover, with increasing age, a state of ... Pardo JR. Tuberculosis in the elderly in a general hospital in the Region of Madrid, 1994-2003. An Med Interna 2006; 23: 161-5. 5. Caminero Luna JA. Tuberculos...

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... 10 of 11 should be taken into account in community-based health education pertaining to TB intervention. HIV/AIDS is known to play a major role in increasing the burden of TB [5]. Very few individuals ... differences in perception of tuberculosis: a possible role in tuberculosis control in Arusha, Tanzania. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2003, 7:933-41. 27. Steen TW, Mazonde GN: P...

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... Journal of Tuberculosis ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA 195 Table 1 : Prevalence of tuberculosis in India according to screening tools used 10 Survey Period of ... taken into cognisance the findings of most of the surveys wherein X-ray was the initial screening tool. They had chosen to ignore the findings of surveys, wherein th...

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... notifi- cations (individual investigation sheet of the Ministry of Health) of all adolescents living in the cities of Manaus and Salvador, diag- nosed with TB and notified to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, ... emphasizing the importance of imaging diagnosis in health care services in Brazil. Radiologic patterns of pulmonary TB allow us to in- fer several aspects...

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... 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 diagnosis (15). ... of Internal Medicine; Department of Radiology * , Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Radiology  , Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan...

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