diagnosis of tuberculosis disease

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... TB disease Table 4.1 Symptoms of Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary TB Disease Symptoms of Pulmonary TB Disease Symptoms of Possible Extrapulmonary TB Disease (TB disease usually causes one or more of ... Diagnosis of TB Disease 92 Specimen Culture and Identification Positive cultures for M tuberculosis confirm the diagnosis of TB disease; however, in the absence of a positive culture, TB disease ... best answer) A True B False Chapter 4: Diagnosis of TB Disease 80 Test for M tuberculosis Infection Selection of the most suitable tests for detection of M tuberculosis infection should be based...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... usefulness of DWI for the detection of metastatic bone tumor Current status and future directions of DWI for gynecological diseases Figure 12 shows a decision-making diagram in the MRI diagnosis of gynecological ... the effect of therapy for uterine cervical cancer For the diagnosis, McVeigh et al [13] reported with larger Table DW studies with ADC values in uterine diseases Authors of Study Year of Publication ... They showed that the ADC value of the 752 Table DWI studies with ADC values in ovarian diseases Authors of Study Year of Publication Journal Tumour & Tissue (no of subjects) b-values Moteki et...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20

... Latent TB infection (LTBI) ­ some bacilli in the  u body, not active disease body, not active disease Delays in TB Diagnosis u  Delay from onset of symptoms to start of u treatment median 68 days  –  2003, Yorkshire and Humber Region  ... Pulmonary symptoms  u u  Other organ symptoms  u u  Previous history of TB diagnosis / treatment u Previous history of TB diagnosis / treatment  Symptoms ­ constitutional  u  Fever  u –  Persisting more than 2 weeks  ... Examine the patient  u  Pulmonary  u –  Depends on site and extent of disease –  Chest examination often normal unless advanced  disease u  Extra­pulmonary  u Extra  ­  –  Almost any sign, anywhere ...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... al Celiac Disease EvidenceReport/ Technology Assessment No 104 AHRQ Publication No 04-E029-2, 2004 NICE Clinical Guidelines 86 Coeliac Disease: Recognition and assessment of coeliac disease UK, ... changed: risk and cost of invasive procedure (OEGD, histological work-up) versus risk of false positive diagnosis Asymptomatic person at genetic risk for CD Explain implication of positive test result(s) ... levels Conclusions The new guidelines will offer the option of omitting biopsies in selected cases with symptoms suggestive of CD without increasing the risk of misclassification Preconditions are...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... SERODIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS Background Tuberculosis (TB) serological tests almost exclusively rely on antibody recognition of antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the humoral ... for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis Thorax 2007 Oct;62(10):911-8 Steingart K R, Dendukuri N, Henry M, et al Performance of purified antigens for serodiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: ... microscopy and extend tuberculosis diagnosis to lower levels of health services Dozens of commercial serological tests for tuberculosis are being marketed in many parts of the world, despite...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... provides a good yield of product, and is excellent regardless of the quality of the DNA template From: Methods in Molecular Medicine, vol 92: Molecular Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases, Second Edition ... only that type of mutation 5.4 Features of the DNA Sequence Analyzed Knowledge of the presence of common polymorphisms in the fragment to be analyzed may also affect the choice of method With ... the region of interest forms the lowest melting domain, a GC clamp of 20–40 bp is usually added to one end of the fragment to be analyzed (135) The sensitivity of DGGE is in the range of 95–100%...

Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 09:51

... X (FraX) disease as a cause of mental retardation, and to clarify a diagnosis or suspicion of CF or Angelman/Prader Willi syndrome A feature of these molecular tests is that they are often highly ... services 12 Role of the Professional Bodies In the United Kingdom, a number of professional bodies have had an interest in the development of clinical molecular genetics over the last 10 yr Of note are ... of solution A, shake gently for min, pour off the solution, and immerse the gel m a further 300 mL of solution A Pour off solution A and add 400 mL of solution B Shake gently for 15 mm Pour off...

Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 09:52

... application of proteomics in defining the T cell antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteomics 1, 574–586 19 Laemmli, U K (1970) Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of ... aware of two causes of variability First, the genetic variability of the microorganism and second, the variability of the immunological response of the host This response depends on the strain of ... collection of the resulting double-stranded molecules The molar ratio of abundant to less abundant sequences in the product will then be of the order of the square of the initial ratio of the concentrations,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 09:52

... SK Commercialization of microfluidic point -of- care diagnostic devices Lab Chip 2012;12(12):2118-34 •• Discussion of challenges on commercialization of microfluidic point -of- care devices 57 Martinez ... Integrated microfluidic system for multiplexed detection of HIV and syphilis (A) Photograph of microfluidic chip (B) Cross-section of microchannels Scale bar, 500 mm (C) The design of channel meanders ... detection of hepatitis B virus (A) Schematic of the disc showing the microfluidic layout and function of different compartments The number indicates the order of operation (B–G) Illustration of the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/05/2014, 13:59

... during the life of the project) Translation of a set of working notes into Vietnamese In Vietnam: 3) Delivery of workshops, which consisted of approximately one week’s preparation of laboratories ... beneficiaries of accurate diagnosis and advice are the farmers themselves, from both timely and accurate diagnosis, and also longer-term, in the framing of better strategic policies for disease control ... nature of the teaching programmes, and by provision of audiovisual equipment plus a library of teaching material in compact disc format The aims of this project fits with AusAID country strategy of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 13:20

... M: [Mechanism of action of cord factor (trehalose-6,6’-dimycolate) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis] Kekkaku 1972, 47:93-101 Kato M: [Significance of cord factor in pathogenesis of tuberculosis (author’s ... Evidence-based tuberculosis diagnosis PLoS Med 2008, 5:e156 Minion J, Zwerling A, Pai M: Diagnostics for tuberculosis: what new knowledge did we gain through The International Journal of Tuberculosis ... used to perform the PCR A single PCR of 20 μl consists of μl of 10X PCR buffer, 50 μM dNTPs, 0.2 μM of forward primer and reverse primer each, 0.75 Unit of Taq DNA Polymerase along with μl test...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:21

... of the severity of the disease, and the fact that it is treatable, phytanic acid testing should be carried out in all cases of autosomal recessive or simplex RP Early diagnosis of the condition ... can influence the course of disease RD is an autosomal recessive disease with an incidence thought to be less than 1:250000, although the exact incidence and prevalence of the disorder in the general ... both fundi of the younger sibling Extensive perivascular "bone spicule" pigmentation seen in both fundi of the younger sibling Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Medical...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... 2.3.2 Diagnosis of Pleural TB 2.3.3 Diagnosis of Meningeal TB 2.3.4 Diagnosis of Pericardial TB 2.3.5 Diagnosis of Lymph Node TB 2.3.6 Diagnosis of Abdominal ... sensitive, and specific diagnosis of infectious diseases The next generation of diagnostic devices will focus on the genetic determinants of these disease at the point -of- care, so physicians can ... Clinical Diagnosis Diagnosis of Pleural TB The determination of ADA in pleural fluid has a sensitivity of 73 % and a specificity of 90 % In high prevalence countries, the probability of diagnosing...

Ngày tải lên: 14/06/2016, 18:50

... of Hepatology, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), and of Current Hepatitis Reports, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of ... University of Paris and Pasteur Institute, France Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Paris XII and the Director of the Department of Virology, of INSERM ... Professor at the University of Paris XII and a member of the Department of Virology and of INSERM Unit U635 at the Henri Mondor University Hospital in Créteil, France He focuses on teaching, diagnosis...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 09:56

... Serological diagnosis of TB (i) Detection of antibodies: Performance of various immune based tests to detect antibodies to M tuberculosis antigens has been reviewed extensively40,49-51 None of the ... IRIS103 There are two types of IRIS presentation: unmasking of undiagnosed tuberculosis and a paradoxical deterioration of existing tuberculosis lesions or appearance of new lesions after initial ... Application of oxidation reduction assay for monitoring treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42 : 3324-5 50 Chan ED, Heifets L, Iseman MD Immunologic diagnosis of tuberculosis: ...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20

... facility to obtain a diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2003; 7: 953–58 Foulds J, O’Brien R New tools for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: the perspective of developing countries ... diagnostic algorithms of selected countries Examination of up to nine sputum smears is recommended before the diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis is reached in some of the sampled countries ... reliability of chest radiographs in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, since the disease commonly presents with an atypical pattern Furthermore, the chest radiograph was normal in up to 14% of HIV-infected...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20

... with past history of tuberculosis ! with symptom complex Table 2: Summary : Final diagnosis of tuberculosis patients Tuberculosis patients Diagnostic review Final diagnosis of TB patients Description ... considered as true cases of tuberculosis, even though the other six could be rated as highly probable cases of tuberculosis (Table 1B) Table summarizes the final diagnosis of tuberculosis made in ... Utility of nucleic acid amplification techniques for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in sub-saharan Africa Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2001; 5: 364-369 Rattan A PCR for diagnosis of tuberculosis: ...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... For a number of reasons, one of which is the influence of the training programme of NTI, the findings of this study should be considered illustrative of methodology of assessment of integrated ... differences of NTI technician Thus, neither under -diagnosis nor overdiagnosis was a ‘serious problem’ in out of the centres Of the remaining centres, underdiagnosis was substantial in two and overdiagnosis ... methods of assessment also: (i) Assessment based upon the results of examination of duplicate and that of the reexamination of the centre smears (Method 2) (ii) Assessment based upon the result of...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... HIV-related tuberculosis Management of HIV-related tuberculosis is complex and requires expertise in the management of both HIV disease and tuberculosis Because HIV-infected patients are often taking ... CIII) Children Because of the high risk of disseminated tuberculosis in infants and children younger than years of age, treatment should be started as soon as the diagnosis of tuberculosis is suspected ... pulmonary tuberculosis and radiographic evidence of prior pulmonary tuberculosis Failure to isolate M tuberculosis from persons suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis on the basis of clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20