Same-day Smear Method Compared with Conventional Sputum Method for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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A Comparative Study on Same Day Sputum Smear Microscopy with the Conventional Method in the Diagnosis of Sputum Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis(TB) as a global emergency in 1993 and still is a major health problem across the world.The basis of the WHO recommendation comes from a Meta analysis and several studies which showed same day sputum microscopy has similar diagnostic accuracy as compared to the conventional technique.The rationale behind this research is to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cureus
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2168-8184
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.2761