| A retrospective analysis of yield of cases by two methods of sputum collection in suspects of pulmonary tuberculosis among symptomatics attending a tuberculosis centre (1974) | |||||||||||
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| A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS YIELD CASES TWO METHODS SPUTUM COLLECTION SUSPECTS PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AMONG SYMPTOMATICS ATTENDING TUBERCULOSIS CENTRE PANDE GAUTAM MEHROTRA AND MISRA From Demonstration and Training Centre Agra The two methods for establishing bacteriological laboratory diagnosis pulmonary tuber culosis are detection acid alcohol fast bacilli sputum smears and mycobacterium tuberculosis the cultures Direct microscopy has been advocated effective case finding method several workers while some others have found not convincing developing countries National Tuberculosis Programmes are being evolved the basis case detection direct microscopy The results microscopy would much depend various factors including type facility and type and number specimens collected From the point view prevailing conditions paucity staff training supervision non provision culture facilities underdiagnosis the national tuberculosis control programme coupled with other operational factors like unwillingness the part some persons wait for the result microscopy the day examination becomes rather necessary find out the relative utility Direct Smear Examination collection specimen sputum for proper diagnosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis Material The data refer diagnostic sputum examination out patients with provisional diagnosis pulmonary tuberculosis made Demonstration and Training Centre Agra where they had presented with symptoms For the purpose the present comparison was stipulated that the results | |||||||||||
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