Evaluation of Fluorescein Diacetate Viability Staining during Treatment Follow-up Examinations of Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

Evaluation of Fluorescein Diacetate Viability Staining during Treatment Follow-up Examinations of Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

Background: Assessment of treatment response to pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is currently done by follow-up cultures since smear microscopy cannot distinguish viable from nonviable bacilli. This delays the therapeutic decision and increases the work load on the TB laboratories. This study evaluated t...

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Main Authors: Ujjwala Nitin Gaikwad, Padma Das, Anudita Bhargava, Ajoy Kumar Behera, Tushar Bharat Jagzape, Sachin Chandraker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
fluorescein diacetate
treatment follow up
tuberculosis
viability staining
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_220_24
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