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Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases ...
www.cdc.gov• We recommend that acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear micros-copy be performed, rather than no AFB smear microscopy, in all patients suspected of having pulmonary TB (strong recommendation, moderate-quality evidence). Remarks: False-negative results are sufficiently common that a negative AFB smear result does not exclude pulmonary TB.
Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases ...
www.thoracic.orgcopy be performed, rather than no AFB smear microscopy, in all patients suspected of having pulmonary TB (strong recommendation, moderate-quality evidence). Remarks: False-negative results are sufficiently common that a negative AFB smear result does not exclude pulmonary -mon that a positive AFB smear result does not confirm pulmonary TB.
AFB Smear Microscopy - APHL
www.aphl.orgSputum Smear Results •In 2010, 43% of pulmonary TB cases in the U.S. were sputum smear positive •Incremental diagnostic yield of examination of three sputum specimens among smear positive cases First specimen Second specimen Third specimen 85.8% 11.9% 3.1% CDC. Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2010.