Evidenced-based guidelines for management of infants and children with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) were prepared by an expert panel comprising clinicians and …

Tuberculosis is an under-recognized yet catastrophic health problem, particularly in
developing countries. The HIV pandemic has served to increase the number of susceptible …

In countries with widespread immunization with the Hib conjugate vaccine, the frequency of
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection, including pneumonia, has plummeted. 30 …

Background: Tuberculosis remains a global epidemic, especially in developing countries,
including Iran. Rapid diagnosis of active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection plays a …

In recent years, operant discrimination training procedures have been used to teach giant
African pouched rats to detect tuberculosis (TB) in human sputum samples. This article …

Background Nigeria has a high tuberculosis incidence, and genotyping studies of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex (MTC) in the country are necessary in order to …

In 2009, giant African pouched rats trained to detect tuberculosis (TB) evaluated sputum
samples from 10,523 patients whose sputum had previously been evaluated by smear …

Diagnostic laboratories play a central role in the recognition of new and emerging infections.
The identification of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus in 2003 …

This article examines the diagnostic accuracy of gastric aspiration (GA) for the diagnosis of
tuberculosis (TB) in children. Gastric aspiration has been widely used for obtaining …

Methods: DNA was extracted from four groups of slides: a high-codification-slide group
(bacteriological index [BI]≥ 4), a low-codification-slide group (BI= 1), a negative-slide group …