Genotypic diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis – CBNAAT a novel tool
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the utility of CBNAAT in negative cases. To see for Rifampicin resistance amongst CBNAAT MTB positive cases. based analysis. Study period: done. Most of the cases were of age group 20 to 50 years of age. Maximum cases were in the age group 21 age with MTB detected in 13(16.88%) cases. MTB were sensitive to rifampicin and 3(6.38%) were resistant to rifampicin. 174(65.16%) were males and 93(34.83%) were females. Of 174 males, MTB was detected in 26(14.9%) and out of 93 females Conclusion: CBNAAT is a useful test to confirm in EPTB AFB smear negative cases. This has an impact on treatment and outcome as all presumptive cases have
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Gour Sanjay M, Munje Radha P, Ninu P Babu, Muley Sushant, Atram Jitesh
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