Radiological assessment intended in the protocol was not done during the study.RESULTS : Sputum AFB culture of the 49 patients showed positive culture in three patients. The relapse of pulmonary TB among patients who have completed ATT under RNTCP is 6 %at the end of one year. One out of ...
The probability of finding AFB in sputum smears by microscopy is directly proportional to the density of bacilli in the sputum. Sputum microscopy is likely to be positive when there are at least 5000–10,000 organisms/mL of sputum. At densities below 1000 organisms/mL of sputum, the chance ...
Physiotherapy shows promise as a technique for obtaining sputum from HIV-positive patients, and AFB testing of a single sample presents high sensitivity. However, this does not preclude the routine collection of three samples, as TB cannot be ruled out before the culture results ...
SOS >= 11 means high risk for mortality (67%) and six out of 9 patients in this group died (p = 0.001). The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for >= 11 points of SOS were 67, 100, 98, 100, and 98%, respectively. ...