Tuberculosis (TB) remans an important health problem in Indonesia. Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis reqires sputum examination and isolation of M. tuberculosis from a culture specimen. The limitation of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) micropic has relatively low sensitivity and solid media culture of M. tuberculosis required for long time (4-6 weeks) indentifying M. tuberculosis Approximately 30-60%…
Combipack, anti-tuberculosis drug which is used in (Indonesia’S National Tuberculosis to treatment and many factors. Effective treatment of tuberculosis patient with short- Programme has been available since 1993. This formulation has high effectivity in tuberculosis treatment, likewise cure rate result still lower. It was influence by patient do not adhere course multidrug chemotherapy is th…
Until now, most of diagnosis requires detection of bacteria that ianosis TB. The TST was, until recently, the only test avilable for dcaused TB. If the bacteria are not found, we ned different tool to diagnosis of TB infection, but this test has limitation. Whole blod interferon gamma assay with ELISA have led to promising alernative.. Diagnostic test was perform to compare the accuration of bl…