Children tend to develop pauci-bacillary TB and are rarely sputum smear positive. M. tuberculosis culture is more sensitive than smear microscopy, but it remains an insensitive test (culture ...
Tuberculosis (TB) rates in the United States are disproportionately high for certain ethnic minorities. Using univariate and multivariate analyses, we compared data for 1,318 US-born blacks with ...
tuberculosis nucleic acids are negative, or if microbiological culture results are not yet available. In retrospect, nucleic-acid-amplification techniques for M. tuberculosis nucleic acids ...
14 TB culture labs and 24 nodal drug-resistant centres to support TB elimination efforts. The event concluded with a vote of thanks from the organising secretary, Dr Ankit Kumar.