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Sputum smear microscopy in tuberculosis: It is still relevant in the era of molecular diagnosis when seen from the public health perspective
Prasanta Kumar Das, Somtirtha B Ganguly, Bodhisatya Mandal
State TB Demonstration Cum Training Centre, Intermediate Reference Laboratory, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Prasanta Kumar Das
2nd Floor, State TB Demonstration Cum Training Centre, Intermediate Reference Laboratory, DR BC Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences, 38 Badan Roy Lane, Kolkata - 700 010, West Bengal
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 5 |
DOI: 10.4103/bbrj.bbrj_54_19
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Smear Microscopy has been the sole diagnostic support since the inception of the Revised national Tuberculosis Control Program. Treatment initiation and evaluation of prognosis both were dependant on the Smear Microscopy results. The recent commissioning of the CBNAAT machines raised questions on relevance of smear microscopy. The review explores the merits and demerits of the smear microscopy and other molecular technologies and debated on the relevance of microscopy when seen from the perspective of public health.
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