… tuberculosis diagnostic and reference laboratory scheme. MAI=Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare;
MTBC=Mycobacterium tuberculosis … tuberculosis; PHLS=public health laboratory …

… This devastating impact of tuberculosis on vulnerable … to rapid and accurate laboratory
diagnostics are necessary to … with implementing quality tuberculosis laboratory services in such …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death worldwide attributable to a single infectious
disease agent. India has more new TB cases annually than any other country. In 2008, India …

… against tuberculosis by Albert … tuberculosis, streptomycin by Selman Waksman in 1943,
soon led to the opinion that appropriate control measures had become available for tuberculosis …

… poised to become the future of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in all settings, provided the cost
… diagnostic settings. This article reviews technologies currently available for the diagnosis of …

This chapter presents a broad picture of activities in a diagnostic mycobacteriology laboratory.
It addresses the methodology currently available in most laboratories as well as the …

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) ranks as the second leading cause of death from an infectious
disease worldwide. Early diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples …

… The diagnosis of tuberculosis currently depends on the demonstration of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis … The majority of diagnoses of tuberculosis in the world are made by this method. In …

… these tests cannot distinguish tuberculosis disease from latent … our ability to detect
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and to determine … diagnostic challenges in pediatric laboratory …

… tuberculosis is less prevalent than previously, physicians may fail to include tuberculosis in
the differential diagnosis, … in coming to the correct diagnosis and possibly to tragic outcomes. …