Tuberculosis bacteriology laboratory services and incremental protocols for developing countries.

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Tuberculosis bacteriology laboratory services and incremental protocols for developing countries.

Clin Lab Med. 1996 Sep;16(3):697-716. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/97019713
Laszlo A; National Reference Center for Tuberculosis, Laboratory Center for; Disease Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract: Tuberculosis causes more deaths worldwide than any other single infectious disease. Most new cases occur in developing countries, where the emergence of HIV/AIDS-associated multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis could disrupt the effective delivery of chemotherapy. Diagnosis, one of the cornerstones of the modern national tuberculosis control programs in developing countries, is based on sputum smear microscopy, which can be delivered effectively only through a national laboratory network. Tuberculosis diagnostic services can be delivered in lock step with the expanding laboratory network in an incremental manner, beginning with the simplest procedure and ending with the most sophisticated ones.

Keywords: Africa/EPIDEMIOLOGY Asia/EPIDEMIOLOGY Bacteriological Techniques/*STANDARDS Bacteriology/*STANDARDS *Developing Countries Human Laboratories/ORGANIZATION & ADMIN/*STANDARDS Latin America/EPIDEMIOLOGY Microbial Sensitivity Tests Mycobacterium tuberculosis/ISOLATION & PURIF Quality Control Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIAL
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