Bacteriology of Tuberculosis: Laboratory Methods

Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Novel Laboratory Methods

Despite advances in medical sciences in recent years, tuberculosis remains a worldwide health problem. Although there are many laboratory methods to accelerate the diagnosis, a delay in the definitive diagnosis of the disease is still a major clinical problem. Due to the slow growth of the causative agent, (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), isolation, identification, and other clinically important m...

Comparison of methods for tuberculosis bacteriology.

To improve efficiency of isolation of tubercle bacilli from clinical specimens, the following recommendations are presented. (i) Employ multiple specimens consisting of a combination of morning sputums for the early detection of positives, along with 24-hr sputum pools for the greatest total yield of positives. (ii) When timing is rigorously controlled, Zephiran-trisodium phosphate and sodium h...

The Bacteriology of Tuberculosis

a statistical basis. These latter studies have indicated that daughters and sisters of females with breast cancer had a significantly greater chance of developing cancer than persons in various control groups used in these studies. Unfortunately faulty planning and idea execution existed in so far as the control groups were concerned and it was on this basis that a study was started at the Digh...

General Bacteriology: Laboratory Manual

Laboratory Manual on Fundamental Principles of Bacteriology

ordinarily found in hypertrophic arthritis-in spite of the fact that none of these patients had given a history of knee-joint symptoms. The book contains a complete description, both gross and microscopic, of these joints. There is a series of 31 plates showing photographs-gross and microscopic-of a selected group of the joints at varying ages with several x-rays included. The book is well writ...