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Utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment-monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids
Includes abstract.
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Division of Pulmonology
2014
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| author | Lenders, Laura Mary |
| author2 | Dheda, Keertan |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/2788 Utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment-monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids Lenders, Laura Mary Dheda, Keertan Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-145). Smear microscopy has a poor sensitivity, cannot identify drug resistance, and when followed up with culture tests it takes several weeks to obtain a result. Furthermore, sputum-scarce and smear negative tuberculosis is difficult to diagnose. The use of biological samples other than sputum such as blood, urine and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, are thus increasingly being used for diagnostic purposes. However, there is a low yield of rapid diagnostic tools, and the use of recently released commercially available technologies for tuberculosis diagnosis requires clarification. 2014-07-28T11:01:47Z 2014-07-28T11:01:47Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2788 eng application/pdf Division of Pulmonology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Lenders, Laura Mary Utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment-monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment-monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids |
| title_full | Utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment-monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids |
| title_fullStr | Utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment-monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment-monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids |
| title_short | Utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment-monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids |
| title_sort | utility of newer and novel technologies for the diagnosis and treatment monitoring of tuberculosis using different biological fluids |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2788 |
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