Diagnostic yield of AFB smear, culture, LiPA, GeneXpert: A clinician’s perspective Source: International Congress 2015 – WHO guidelines in TB and clinical practice Year: 2015
Yield of sputum AFB smear, gene xpert & sputum culture of MTB in biopsy proven Pleural Tuberculosis. Source: International Congress 2018 – Pulmonary tuberculosis: long term complications, rehabilitation and challenges Year: 2018
Xpert MTB/RIF testing of pooled induced sputum Source: International Congress 2014 – Tuberculosis: diagnosis Year: 2014
Comparative study of gene Xpert MTB/RIF, smear microscopy and TB MGIT culture in diagnosis of tuberculosis in India Source: International Congress 2015 – WHO guidelines in TB and clinical practice Year: 2015
Role of AFB stain, Mycobacterium tuberculosisM.TB) culture and TB-PCR in EBUS-TBNA samples for diagnosing TB in an endemic country Source: International Congress 2017 – TB: diagnosis, severity and practical management Year: 2017
Gene Xpert MTB/RIF assay in bronchoscopy guided bronchial wash specimens in sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis: Sensitive, rapid and most useful test for drug sensitive and drug resistant tuberculosis Source: International Congress 2016 – Microbiology: bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and PCR Year: 2016
Factors that predict for positive GeneXpert MTB/RIF on bronchoalveolar lavage samples in children with suspected tuberculosis Source: International Congress 2014 – Paediatric bronchology Year: 2014
Study of diagnostic sensitivity for mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB) by smear, culture and Xpert MTB/RIF assay in pleural specimens obtained by medical thoracoscopy. Source: International Congress 2018 – Diagnosis of tuberculosis Year: 2018
Clinical utility of the Xpert MTB/RIF test in induced sputum Source: International Congress 2015 – WHO guidelines in TB and clinical practice Year: 2015
Induced sputum or bronchoscopy in smear negative tuberculosis: A randomized study Source: International Congress 2015 – Case series and clinical conundrums in TB Year: 2015
Infectiousness of tuberculosis patients identified through spot sputum screening compared to patients identified through passive case finding-comparing sputum smear microscopy results Source: International Congress 2015 – Latent TB infection and screening Year: 2015
Comparison of yield of acid fast bacilli (AFB) from induced sputum versus gastric lavage for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children Source: International Congress 2014 – Tuberculosis: from epidemiology to therapy 2 Year: 2014
Comparison of sputum smears examination by Ziehel-Neelsen (ZN) staining vs light-emitting-diode fluorescence microscopy (LED-FM) microscopy for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and possibility of single day disposal Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Tuberculosis diagnosis Year: 2013
How long do patients with pulmonary tuberculosis remain smear and culture positive? Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Tuberculosis: clinical epidemiology and public health Year: 2013
A comparison between the efficiency of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay and nested PCR in identifying mycobacterium tuberculosis during routine clinical practice Source: International Congress 2014 – Tuberculosis: from epidemiology to therapy 2 Year: 2014
Performances of real time PCR for diagnosis of respiratory tuberculosis. Does it replace 3 day micorscopic sputum examination? Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Diagnostic features of tuberculosis I Year: 2013
The findings of high resolution computed tomography in smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients according to their culture status Source: International Congress 2014 – Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease: clinical epidemiology 1 Year: 2014
To compare the diagnostic accuracy of acid fast bacilli smear results of induced sputum with broncho-alveolar lavage among pulmonary tuberculosis cases keeping acid fast bacilli culture as gold standard in a resource limited setting in non expectorating patients Source: International Congress 2016 – Microbiology: bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and PCR Year: 2016
A study of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and confirmed coexistence of nontuberculous mycobacteria during treatment: Does the use of the additional acid-fast bacilli sputum test lead to shorter hospitalization? Source: International Congress 2014 – Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease: clinical epidemiology 2 Year: 2014
Predictive factors for a positive BAL Xpert MTB/RIF in BAL AFB smear negative PTB patients who are sputum scarce or AFB smear negative Source: International Congress 2016 – Advances in tuberculosis diagnosis and monitoring of treatment Year: 2016