Commercial Serodiagnostic Tests for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Policy Statement ppt

... Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Commercial serodiagnostic tests for diagnosis of tuberculosis: policy statement. 1.Tuberculosis - diagnosis. 2.Serologic tests - standards. 3.Guidelines. I.World ... the poor performance of commercial serodiagnostics and the adverse impact of misdiagnosis and wasted resources on patients and health services using these test...

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... never been evaluated for the diagnosis of smear-negative PTB in the same setting. Using LJ culture as the base-line test, this study evalu- ated in-house PCR for rapid diagnosis of smear-negative PTB ... 94°C for 4 min, followed by 31 cycles each consisting of denaturation at 94°C for 30s; annealing at 63°C for 30s and extension at 72°C for 45 s. Then, there was a final...

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... levels of an isoform of apolipoprotein A-II as a potential marker for prostate cancer. Clin.Cancer.Res.2005; 11:1073-1085. 25. Zeidan BA, Townsend PA. SELDI-TOF proteomic profiling of breast ... way of cure. However, only 20% to 25% of CRC patients are eligi- ble for surgery treatments, with recurrence rates range from 40% to 70 % [7, 8]. Early diagnosis of CRC is th...

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... major funding gaps. The principles of equivalence, if not of equity, of health care for all are frequently disregarded in the case of prisoners. An account of one region’s approach to improving ... Lancet 350: 957. TUBERCULOSIS IN PRISONS GUIDELINES FOR CONTROL OF GUIDELINES FOR CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS IN PRISONS 20 GUIDELINES FOR CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS IN PRISONS 20...

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... suggestive of TB The presence of three or more of the following should strongly suggest the diagnosis of TB • Chronic symptoms suggestive of TB • Physical signs highly of suggestive of TB • A ... range of tests (including bacteriology and TST) may not be readily accessible in settings where the vast majority of TB cases are di- agnosed. The development of affordable d...

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... Chapter 4: Diagnosis of TB Disease 92 Specimen Culture and Identication Positive cultures for M. tuberculosis conrm the diagnosis of TB disease; however, in the absence of a positive ... regardless of AFB smear or NAA results. Figure 4.13 Colonies of M. tuberculosis Grown in Culture Chapter 4: Diagnosis of TB Disease 93 Chapter 4 D...

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