BACKGROUND Resource-limited settings rely on sputum examination using microscopy to diagnose tuberculosis (TB); however, the sensitivity of the test is poor and case detection rates are low. Sputum induction is proposed as a way to improve sample collection and enhance test sensitivity. OBJECTIVE To undertake a systematic review of studies comparing microscopy and culture sensitivity in induc...

introduction: diagnosis of tuberculosis under the national tuberculosis control program (ntcp) is based on microscopic examination of sputum. the main objective of this study was to assess the perception of physicians and patients regarding the importance of chest x-ray in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis with a view to suggest corrective measures. materials & methods: one hundred and eighty t...

BACKGROUND This is a preliminary report of an ongoing prospective bimodality lung cancer surveillance trial for high-risk patients. Bimodality surveillance incorporates autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB) and spiral CT (SCT) scanning in high-risk patients as a primary lung cancer surveillance strategy, based entirely on risk factors. AFB was used for surveillance and findings were compared with...

A 24-year-old man with a history of bloody sputum for 6 months was referred to our hospital suspected alveolar hemorrhaging due vasculitis. Chest computed tomography showed ground-glass opacities in both lungs, and an examination his bronchoalveolar lavage fluid hemorrhaging. However, no evidence vasculitis found, subsequent polysomnographic testing confirmed that he had severe obstructive slee...

Background: This is a preliminary report of an ongoing prospective bimodality lung cancer surveillance trial for high-risk patients. Bimodality surveillance incorporates autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB) and spiral CT (SCT) scanning in high-risk patients as a primary lung cancer surveillance strategy, based entirely on risk factors. AFB was used for surveillance and findings were compared wit...

Summary Objective To improve tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in prison, we evaluate the value of XpertⓇMTB/RIF Ultra assay (Xpert) as point-of-care (POC) a French prison hospital. Methods We first validated Xpert use on raw sputum at referent laboratory. Secondly, trained physicians hospital performed tests for each patient presenting TB symptoms. The results were compared with Xpert, microscopic e...

Objective: To establish the association between airway inflammation and severity of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children. Methods: Consecutive children presenting with symptoms suggestive of OSA were recruited. They completed a sleep apnoea symptom questionnaire, underwent physical examination, spirometry, sputum induction and an overnight polysomnography. Adequate sputum contained ,50% s...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to explore the aetiological roles of smoking, occupational exposure, childhood respiratory illness, and atopy in persistent sputum production. DESIGN This was a case-control study. Data were obtained using a questionnaire administered by two observers blind to the subjects' status. Information was sought on lifetime smoking, occupation, hospital admissions due to r...

C ytologic examination of sputum has long been used in the diagnosis of bronchogenic carcinoma. Tumors of the segmental and larger bronchi may shed cells detectable in the sputum for many months prior to becoming symptomatic or radiographically apparent.’ During this period of their development, standard endoscopic techniques have frequently proven inadequate to localize the lesion with suffici...