Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Tinku Joseph

Publications

• Research Article
  Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Community Acquired Pneumonia Diagnosed Patients
  Author(s): Tinku Joseph, Vinay Dharmadhikari and Ajit KulkarniTinku Joseph, Vinay Dharmadhikari and Ajit Kulkarni
  
  Aim: To evaluate the proportion of pulmonary TB among patients hospitalized with suspected communityacquired pneumonia (CAP). Methods: Consecutive patients diagnosed with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) admitted to a tertiary care centre over a 2 year period was studied prospectively. Systematic investigation of samples of sputum and blood cultures was performed. A subset of patients had urine antigen tests and serum serology. Results: We enrolled 104 CAP suspected patients in the study group according to the BTS guidelines for CAP. Among these patient’s sputum AFB smear positivity was observed in 21 cases (20.19%). 18 (17.30%) patients turned out to be sputum gram stain positive, but their respective cultures didn’t show any growth. 65 (62.50%) of them turned out to be gram stain and culture positive for .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000436

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