Comparison of Different Microscopic Methods with Conventional TB Culture
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Tuberculosis is considered as the greatest cause of death worldwide. In the developing countries including Bangladesh, population density, poverty, malnutrition, and highly congested environment may create substantial risk for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The principal obstacle in the treatment of tuberculosis is the consumption of time and inaccurate diagnosis as well. Therefore, a retrospective study was carried out in order to compare results obtained by both the conventional AFB (Acid Fast Bacilli) microscopy and Lowenstein-Jensen (L-J) culture method for detection of Mycobacterium spp. in clinical samples from different categories of patients. Among one hundred and fifty samples, 83 (55.3%) AFB +
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تاریخ انتشار 2011