CHAPTER 8 LABORATORY SERVICES - WHO
• Sputum send-out for smear microscopy (or on-site acid fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy) • Sputum send-out for culture and drug susceptibility testing Malaria diagnostics (if in endemic area): • Peripheral blood smear (PBS) preparation and smear microscopy or • Rapid test to detect and discriminate between Plasmodium falciparum and ...
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