Performance indicators of fluorescence microscopy for sputum samples in pulmonary tuberculosis | Zendy

N Selvakumar | Zendy; Ashok Sunder | Zendy; M Gomathi Sekar | Zendy; C Ponnuraja | Zendy; Vanaja Kumar | Zendy

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Performance indicators of fluorescence microscopy for sputum samples in pulmonary tuberculosis

Author(s) -

N Selvakumar,

Ashok Sunder,

M Gomathi Sekar,

C Ponnuraja,

Vanaja Kumar

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of mycobacteriology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2212-554X

pISSN - 2212-5531

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.07.005

Subject(s) - sputum , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , fluorescence microscope , medicine , microscopy , fluorescence , pathology , drug trial , clinical trial , optics , physics

To get insight into the sensitivity of fluorescence microscopy for diagnostic and follow-up sputum samples from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in clinical trials, the yield of smear positivity - among culture positive sputum samples - encountered in diagnostic and follow-up samples was retrospectively analyzed from the data available in a mycobacteriology laboratory in India. The sensitivity of fluorescence microscopy for diagnostic and follow-up samples respectively was found to be 94.3% and 60.7%. With these values as guidelines, the performance of fluorescence microscopy in the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis under DOTS plus program remains to be monitored and studied.

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