Open AccessImpact of introducing light-emitting diode fluorescence microscopy services for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program India
Author(s) -
Sonu Goel,
Rahul Pandey,
Mohit Kumar,
Ankita Kankaria,
Rajiv Khaneja
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_475_17
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , tuberculosis , tuberculosis control , microscopy , pulmonary tuberculosis , grading (engineering) , nuclear medicine , pathology , civil engineering , engineering
Light-emitting diode fluorescence microscopy (LED-FM) has been recommended by the WHO and the Government of India over the conventional bright-field microscopy using Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining for the diagnosis of sputum smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) suspects.