ArticleGerms2017
Public health relevance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among AFB positive sputa.
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- Species Typing of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Use of Deoxyribozyme Sensors.Clinical chemistry · 2019Article
- Global Environmental Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Their Contemporaneous Man-Made and Natural Niches.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Review
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria: A report of eighteen cases from a tertiary care center in India.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSputum smear microscopy for acid fast bacilli (AFB) is used by most public health programmes to detect tuberculosis. While most AFB in countries endemic for tuberculosis are
methodsThis was a retrospective study of consecutive sputum samples received from November 2013 to March 2015 in the Department of Microbiology, Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre, Bhopal, India. Samples underwent smear microscopy, line probe assay (LPA) for MTB complex, culture, biochemical tests and LPA for NTM.
resultsOf 4095 sputum samples, 2886 were AFB smear positive (70.5%). Of these, MTB complex was detected in 2611 (90.5%) samples by LPA. Of the remaining 275 samples, 47 grew AFB on culture. Nine strains belonged to the MTB complex. The remaining 38 (1.3%) were NTM, and could be speciated in 26 strains; 14 (53.8 %) were
conclusionNTM were present in at least 1.3% of all smear positive samples. It is important for public health programs to recognize the avoidable burden on logistics, infrastructure and finances caused by this. Detection and quantification of this burden would help design an appropriate strategy for optimal tuberculosis control.
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