Army Tuberculosis Examinations

Tuberculosis in the Indian Army in France

The Prognostic Importance of Blood Examinations in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Bronchoscopic diagnostic procedures and microbiological examinations in proving endobronchial tuberculosis.

OBJECTIVE To determine the proportional distribution of endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) subtypes and to evaluate the types of bronchoscopic diagnostic procedures that can prove granulomatous inflammation. METHODS This was a retrospective study of 18 HIV-negative patients with biopsy-proven EBTB treated between 2010 and 2014. RESULTS The most common EBTB subtypes, as classified by the bron...

Army Medical Service and the Army Estimates

Diagnostic value of repeated sputum examinations in pulmonary tuberculosis: how many sputum specimens are adequate?

The aim of this study was to assess the value of examining multiple sputum specimens in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). We analyzed sputum smear and culture results of patients diagnosed with culture-proven PTB during 2002. In 1027 patients, the diagnosis was established by detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in sputum samples. The number of sputum specimens submitted...