Sentence examples for examination for tuberculosis from inspiring English sources
Information on anthropometric factors was added to the database following a compulsory mass examination for tuberculosis that was conducted between 1963 and 1975.
However, repeat examinations for tuberculosis were all negative, and some macroscopic findings indicated CD in the resected specimen.
Generally, at the PHC level only blood smear examination for malaria, Widal test for typhoid, and sputum smear examinations for tuberculosis were done.
Laboratory facilities that are able to perform sputum smear or culture examination for Mycobacterium tuberculosis are widely accessible throughout Taiwan [ 16].
His sputum had been collected multiple times testing for tuberculosis.
Although MTB-L cannot grow well in media for routine examination of tuberculosis, media culture remains the standard way to detect and isolate the infection.
Diagnosis of smear-positive tuberculosis was based on the national guideline for microscopic examination of tuberculosis (6): direct smears were prepared from three sputum specimens and stained by Ziehl-Neelsen staining technique for microscopic examination.
The microbiology laboratory performs a limited number of sputum examinations for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, given that there is another specialized laboratory in Istanbul for this purpose.
The serological test based on the detection of circulating antibodies against M. tuberculosis-specific antigens could represent a useful complement to microscopic examination for screening active tuberculosis [ 9].
The other pneumonia cases were diagnosed based upon the bacteriological investigations (blood culture and culture of the expectorated sputa with satisfactory quality for examination), pulmonary tuberculosis was diagnosed following a positive smear test for acid-fast bacilli as well as positive culture.
There is wide international consensus that the provision of untargeted chest radiograph examination to the whole population for tuberculosis detection is largely ineffective.
