Technical and Operational Appraisal of Tuberculosis Case-finding Methods’
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Programs for detecting cases of tuberculosis employ the following diagnostic methods: chest X-rays, tuberculin tests, and sputum smear or sputum culture examinations. The methods selected by public health authorities for case-finding programs should be closely tailored to local circumstances, especially the severity of the TB problem and economic considerations. In many developing areas, programs using direct sputum smear examinations will yield the best results at the lo west cost.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003