Newer diagnostic techniques for tuberculosis
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Newer diagnostic techniques for tuberculosis.
Diagnosis of tuberculosis is mainly based on clinical features, histopathology, demonstration of acid fast bacilli (AFB) and isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the clinical specimens. These techniques have limitations of speed, sensitivity and specificity. During the last two decades several rapid techniques for detection of early growth (5-14 days as compared to 2-8 wk with conventio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine CME
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1755-0017
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmedc.2009.09.015