New Laboratory Methods in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis continues to be a major clinical problem worldwide. After the era of AIDS, it is encountered increasingly more even in the developed countries. The conventional diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (acid-resistant staining, culture, pathological examination of the tissues if available) som...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi
1997-12-01
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| Series: | Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=1997-2-4-262-266.pdf |
| Summary: | Tuberculosis continues to be a major clinical problem worldwide. After the era of AIDS, it is encountered increasingly more even in the developed countries. The conventional diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (acid-resistant staining, culture, pathological examination of the tissues if available) sometimes are unyielding or take a long time. This unwanted delay in diagnosis or inability to diagnose ensure a deterioration of clinical outcome, transmission to health personnel, spread of resistant bacilli among public. That is why the necessity to find new methods with a high sensitivity and specificity for early diagnosis emerges. In this paper, some of the new methods are reviewed. |
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| ISSN: | 1300-932X 1300-932X |