Diagnosing sputum/smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis

HRCT Profile in Diagnosing Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Background -The purpose of this study is to show the role of high-resolution CT scan (HRCT) in diagnosing active pulmonary tuberculosis. tree-in bud appearance in HRCT is more sensitive than chest X-ray in detection of early endobronchial spread, 97% of patients with active pulmonary TB had evidence of bronchogenic spread of the disease on HRCT. Materials & Methods-One hundred clinically suspec...

Sputum Smear Negative pulmoNary tuberculoSiS

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the suitability of the TB-SA antibody test to diagnose tuberculosis in sputum smear negative (SS-) pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients and its applicability for monitoring treatment outcomes in these patients. This study was conducted in three counties/districts in Chongqing Municipality, Liaoning Province, China between June 2005 and June 2007. A ...

Incremental yield of bronchial washing for diagnosing smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis.

OBJECTIVE To assess the increased diagnostic yield for pulmonary tuberculosis using bronchial washing cultures compared with sputum cultures. METHODS Study conducted with 61 adults in Lima, Peru, from January 2006 to December 2007. The yield of sputum cultures was compared with the yield of acid-fast bacilli smears and cultures of bronchial washing for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in sus...

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in industrialized countries.

that repeatedly have proven this assumption to be false and a world literature replete with reports of the success of directly observed therapy, these centers contend that there is no firm evidence demonstrating that directly observed therapy is both effective and essential in the treatment of tuberculosis. It is time for physician organizations from all parts of the international community to ...