Sentence examples for microscopy for tuberculosis from inspiring English sources
Direct sputum smear microscopy for tuberculosis (TB) lacks sensitivity for the detection of acid fast bacilli.
Sputum smear microscopy for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis lacks sensitivity in HIV-infected symptomatic patients and increases the likelihood that mycobacterial infections particularly disseminated TB will be missed; delays in diagnosis can be fatal.
Services offered include diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses in children and adults, some basic laboratory services (urinalysis, blood smears for malaria, sputum microscopy for tuberculosis, HIV antibody testing, blood glucose concentration, etc), antenatal and well-child care, family planning, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Bleach-sedimentation may improve microscopy for diagnosing tuberculosis by sterilising sputum and concentrating Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
This study assesses the accuracy of sputum smear microscopy for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in private laboratories operating in Karachi, Pakistan.
Larger studies are needed to establish the positive and negative predictive values of viability microscopy for MDR tuberculosis.
A fluorescent microscope is required but their availability is increasing and costs falling because of LED (light-emitting diode) technology and because the World Health Organization has recommended they be used to increase the sensitivity of acid-fast microscopy for routine tuberculosis diagnostic testing [ 37].
At the health center level, laboratories perform microscopy for detecting malaria, tuberculosis and other bacterial and parasitic agents.
We investigated whether bleach concentration by sedimentation and sputum cytology analysis (SCA) increased the positivity rate of smear microscopy for smear-positive tuberculosis.
To evaluate the accuracy of smear microscopy for detecting M. tuberculosis, except one study [ 5] in which patients provided two sputum specimens each, all studies used only a single sputum sample.
Specimens for tuberculosis microscopy, culture and sensitivity included sputum, pleural fluid, lymph node aspirates, ascitic fluid or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
