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Pntlzogenesis Of Pulmonary TuberculosisOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest diseases in the world. The World Health Organization in 2002,, estimated that more than million new cases occur and approximately 3 million persons die from this disease yearly.Although, many new diagnostic tools have been developed recently, for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB, their use is limited to developed countries because of their cost and technical requirements, hek-euon of AFB is still the initial step in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB, and isolation of M. tuberculosis remains the gold standard in its diagnosis. Cases with undctectable A1;B in their sputum smears, or win-can not expectorate sputum, constitute a major problem especial l\ in the developing countries. Those patients either were left undiaguosai received, anti-tuberculous treatment empirically or were exposed to an r-p-nsive and invasive procedure like fOB. Therefore, The aim oi’ this work was to compare between sputum induction using nebulized hypertonic saline and fiberoptic biondioscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB, in clinically and radiologicalIv suspected cases.