Use of Urine as an Adjunct Specimen for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in People Living with HIV in Addis Ababa
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2023-05-23
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Mycobacterial tuberculosis is a microorganism which causes a pulmonary disease
called tuberculosis, and it enhances the disability and death of an immune compromised person.
The diagnosis of it is done by ZN smear, culture, LAM, GeneXpert and radiology. The part of
the bacterial antigen (Lipoarabinomannon) (LAN) is excreted by renal, due to this we have a
long walk to go on tuberculosis samples to diagnose. To utilize urine as an additional samples
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MTB. PTB, GeneXpert, LAM, Tuberculosis, smear, culture