 |
Objectives
- Disseminate info on TB in India
- Improve care of TB patients in India
- Enable doctors and NGO's interested in TB control
to interact
|
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
Advanced techniques in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
The rapid strides made in immunology and molecular biology have made available a number of new techniques.
- Sero immnuological investigations
-
- Radio immuno assay
- Enzyme linked assay
- Antibody tests
- Enzyme linked immnuosorbent assay
- Identification of isolates,biochemical test, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. The technique is based on detection of specific fraction of mycobacterial antigen and is useful for detection of tuberculostearic acid in sputum
-
- Rapid mycobacteria detection by culture techniques
-
- Radiometric method(Bactec)
- Mycobacterial growth inhibitor tube
- Luciferase reporter mycobacterial phage
- Biphasis system,MB Septi check
- Molecular biological techniques
-
- Polymerase chain reaction
- DNA finger printing
- Ligase chain reaction
The prohibitive cost,the special equipment and high technical expertise required make these unavailable for routine use.