Author:
Kuzyk Petro V.,Horoshchak Andriy Yu.,Serbin Bogdan Ya.,Musa-Bador Rahaina,Uchie-Okoro Uchenna
Abstract
TB is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide and third leading cause of death among women in the 15–44 age group1. However, in 2010, the number of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases rose to 650,000 worldwide, with more than 150,000 deaths. All of the well-known widely available methods such as chest X-ray, culture in liquid and solid media should be accompanied with the modern and more accurate methods such as chest CT and molecular diagnostic tests which proved the necessity of usage with high sensitivity and accuracy, especially in smear-negative pulmonary TB patients and patients with the multi drug resistant forms.
Publisher
Limited Liability Company "Intermed Profi"
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