Comparison of chest x-ray findings of smear positive and smear negative patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Iranian Journal of Radiology : a Quarterly Journal Published by the Iranian Radiological Society
Azadeh EbrahimzadehGodratallah Naseh

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a chronic pulmonary infectious disease that has affected one-third of the people in the world. It causes nine million new cases and two million deaths per year. Chest radiography associated with Ziehl-Neelsen acid-fast staining procedure significantly helps the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Chest radiography can help the diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients with a negative smear sample result that is mainly diagnosed with delay. In this study, chest X-ray findings of PTB were compared in two groups of smear positive and smear negative patients. In this retrospective descriptive-analytical study, 376 patients who had been confirmed with PTB were referred to Birjand Health Care Center from 2001 to 2006. Out of the 376 patients, 100 patients with a positive smear based on WHO criteria were selected. In addition, among negative smear patients, 100 were selected in whom similar demographic characteristics with positive smear patients were seen. All of them had undergone chest radiographies that were then interpreted by two expert radiologists independently. Moreover, all patients' sputa were examined by an expert laboratory technician at the reference laboratory of the health center. The obtained data w...Continue Reading

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Oct 9, 2016·Journal of Applied Microbiology·Y López-HernándezJ M Pinos-Rodríguez

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